The Wisconsin Department of Justice charged two of President-elect Donald Trump‘s lawyers and a former aide with ten additional felony charges on Tuesday for their alleged roles in Wisconsin’s “fake electors” scheme surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
The two attorneys, Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro, and the aide who directed Election Day operations in 2020, Mike Roman, all initially faced one felony forgery charge in the state that was filed in June.
Now, each man faces ten more felony charges, being accused of defrauding the ten presidential electors who cast votes for Trump. The charges come two days before the men are scheduled for their initial court appearances in Dane County Circuit Court.
Each of the 11 felony charges has a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The Wisconsin complaint alleges the three men created a document falsely claiming Trump won the state’s 10 Electoral College votes and then tried to deliver it to former Vice President Mike Pence.
The complaint filed on Tuesday stated the majority of the 10 electors said they needed to sign the elector certificate stating Trump had won in order to preserve his legal options if a court altered the outcome of the election in the state.
