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Criminal Charges in 2020 False Electors Scheme Proceed
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2323 | 1m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Charges in the 2020 false Trump electors case in Wisconsin are proceeding in court.
Felony forgery charges filed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice against two lawyers and a political aide at the center of the 2020 false Trump electors case in the state are proceeding in court.
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Criminal Charges in 2020 False Electors Scheme Proceed
Clip: Season 2300 Episode 2323 | 1m 28sVideo has Closed Captions
Felony forgery charges filed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice against two lawyers and a political aide at the center of the 2020 false Trump electors case in the state are proceeding in court.
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>> Thank you very much for next week.
Republican counterparts.
Turning to the 2020 election, lawyers at the center of the false elector case from the 2020 election had an initial appearance in Dane County Court this week.
>> They do find there is probable cause to proceed under the amended complaint, as it was filed December 10th.
>> Jim Troupis and two other men were acting as lawyers for the Trump campaign in 2020 when they arranged for ten Republicans to sign papers claiming they were the electors from Wisconsin.
The lawyers have each been charged with 11 felony counts of forgery.
Troupis is a longtime Republican lawyer from Wisconsin.
The electors have not been charged, with each claiming they were duped by Troupis and the Trump campaign into signing, believing the paperwork would only be needed if Trump won his legal cases to overturn the election.
Instead, the false electoral documents were sent to Washington, where Trump's staffers attempted to use Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson to get the false electors to Vice President Mike pence.
On January 6th.
Troupis is calling the charges lawfare and says they are an attack on democracy.
The three defendants are free on signature bonds and will be back in court for a preliminary in court for a preliminary
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