Wisconsin prosecutors file charges against lawyers and adviser who worked for Trump in 2020

Wisconsin’s attorney general on Tuesday filed forgery charges against two lawyers and an adviser who helped submit documents falsely claiming former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020.

The charges were brought against attorneys Kenneth Chesebro, 62, and Jim Troupis, 70, and former Trump adviser Mike Roman, 51, who allegedly sent falsified Wisconsin documents to a Pennsylvania congressman’s staffer to be delivered to then Vice President, Mike Pence, on January 6, 2021.

All three are scheduled to appear Sept. 19 in Dane County Circuit Court, according to court records. Each faces a felony charge punishable by up to six years in prison and fines of up to $10,000.

Troupis and Chesebro did not return voicemails sent Tuesday. Roman did not have an attorney listed in court records.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, has been pressured to take action against the 10 bogus delegates, who have not been charged with any criminal offense. Kaul had previously suggested that he trusted federal investigators, although he also did not rule out a state probe.

Kaul did not rule out filing more charges, saying the investigation is ongoing.

“Our approach has been to focus on following the facts wherever they lead,” he said at a news conference.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers offered the media a one-word response to the charges: “Good.”

The delegates are people appointed to represent voters in presidential elections. The winner of each state’s popular vote determines which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets in December after the election to certify the result.

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