MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the filing of a criminal complaint charging Kenneth J. Chesebro, Michael A. Roman, and James R. Troupis with conspiring to commit the crime of uttering as genuine a forged writing or object, in violation of Wis. Stat. §§ 939.31 and 943.38(2). The crime charged is a Class H felony, punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed six years, or both, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 939.50(3)(h).
“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. “The Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to protecting the integrity of our electoral process.”
The complaints outline an alleged conspiracy to have unappointed electors meet and cast votes in Wisconsin and to transmit a “Certificate of the Votes of the 2020 Electors from Wisconsin” that reflected the votes of these unappointed electors for President and Vice President.
As in any criminal proceeding, the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Troupis and Chesebro are attorneys who represented the Trump campaign at the time in connection with the recount in Wisconsin. Roman was working for the Trump campaign.
Between at least as early as on or about November 17, 2020, and continuing through on or about January 6, 2021, in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, and elsewhere, the above-named defendants, together with other individuals not charged in this complaint, agreed or combined with another with the intent to commit and for the purpose of committing the crime of uttering as genuine a forged writing or object, namely a “Certificate of the Votes of the 2020 Electors from Wisconsin”, knowing it to have been thus falsely made or altered, with one or more of the parties to the conspiracy doing an act to effect the objective of the conspiracy
Donald Trump was handily defeated by Joe Biden in the 2020 election by millions of votes, but Trump refused to accept that he is the loser. Already a convicted felon 34 times over and an adjudicated sexual assaulter who refuses to leave his victim alone, he faces felony counts in Georgia for trying to steal the election there.