BY SCOTT BAUER
The charges were filed against Trump attorneys Kenneth
Chesebro and Jim Troupis and former Trump aide Mike Roman who allegedly
delivered Wisconsin’s fake elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman’s
staffer in order to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021.
All three are due in
Kaul, a Democrat, has faced pressure to bring action against
the 10 fake electors, who have yet to be charged with any criminal wrongdoing. He has previously suggested that he was relying
on federal investigators while also not ruling out a state probe.
Electors are people appointed to represent voters in
presidential elections. The winner of the popular vote in each state determines
which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets in
December after the election to certify the outcome.
The fake elector efforts are central to an August federal
indictment filed against Trump alleging he tried to overturn results of the
2020 election. Federal prosecutors, investigating his conduct related to the
Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, have also said the
scheme originated in
The
Documents released as part of those settlements showed that
the strategy in
Trump lost
Government and outside investigationshave uniformly found there
was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could have swung the 2020
election. But Trump has continued to spread falsehoods about the election,
particularly in