Trump lawyers are CHARGED in Wisconsin for trying to overturn Biden's 2020 win in 'fake electors' plot

Two lawyers and an aide of former President Donald Trump are now facing charges in Wisconsin. They're accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election with a fake electors plot.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Tuesday announced the charges against lawyers Kenneth Chesebro and James Troupis as well as campaign aide Michael Roman.

The three men are charged with conspiring to commit a crime in the battleground state. 

According to the complaints, Chesebro, 62, Troupis, 62, and Roman, 51, allegedly conspired to have fake electors meet and cast votes in Wisconsin in December 2020 for president and vice president. It alleges they then worked to transmit a certificate of those unappointed electors' votes in violation of the law.

All three men face a maximum six years in prison, a maximum $10,000 fine or both. 

'The criminal complaint in this case alleges that the defendants were part of a conspiracy to present a certificate of purported electoral votes from individuals who were not Wisconsin’s duly appointed electors,' said Attorney General Kaul in a statement. 

'The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to protecting the integrity of our electoral process,' he added.

At a press conference following the charges being filed, Kaul said the investigation is ongoing. He did not rule out future charges being filed against other individuals in the case including the fake electors.

The charges on Tuesday comes as the 2024 presidential election is only five months away.  

'Our decisions are entirely based on the facts and the law,' Kaul said. 'In this case I will note that the defendants are not themselves people who are candidates for any office.'

In response to the charges on Tuesday, Democratic Governor Tony Evers had a one word response: 'Good.'

Electors are people appointed to represent the voters in presidential elections. 

Whoever wins the popular vote in each state then gets to determine which electors are sent to the Electoral College. It then meets in December after the presidential election to certify the outcome of the race.

President Joe Biden won Wisconsin in 2020 over Donald Trump by just over 20,000 votes. 

But Trump continues to falsely claim he won the state as he campaigns for a second term in the White House. 

According to the complaint, Chesebro sent two memos dated November 18 and December 6 to Troupis about the 'Trump-Pence electors.' Troupis responded about the December 6 one that he planned to get it 'circulated at the White House.' 

In a separate text according to the complaint, Troupis wrote 'I have sent it to the White House this afternoon. The real decisionmakers.'

The complaint outlines how the unappointed electors met at the Wisconsin Capitol on December 14. Around the time of the meeting Chesebro sent messages to Troupis and Roman 'WI meeting of the *real* electors is a go!!!' He also sent a photo of the meeting and video the next day.

Court records show the three men are all due to appear in the Dane County Circuit Court on September 19.

Chesebro and Roman were both indicted along with Trump for racketeering in Georgia in a plot to overturn the 2020 election results in that state.

Chesebro reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty in October to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. 

 Roman pleaded not guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges in Georgia. He also faces nine felony counts for a fake electors plot in Arizona. 

Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson called the charges in his state 'outrageous' in a post on X and accused Democrats of 'weaponizing Wisconsin’s judiciary.'