Two attorneys and an aide face felony forgery charges in Wisconsin for their alleged role in a so-called alternate electors plan involving submitting "Alternate" or, as some allege, "Fake" electoral certificates for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin in a bid to preserve his claim of victory in the 2020 election amid pending legal challenges to the official results.
Mr. Chesebro and Mr. Troupis settled a civil lawsuit in December 2023 that had been brought against them in Wisconsin relating to the alternate electors plan.
Background Mr. Chesebro has been widely publicized as the attorney who proposed the use of alternate slates of electors in several states, with a Nov. 18, 2020, memo from Mr. Chesebro to Mr. Troupis detailing the plan with respect to Wisconsin.
The charges filed on Tuesday in Wisconsin are the first in the state relating to the alternate electors plan, which involved 10 Wisconsin Republican electors meeting at the state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, to cast ballots for President Trump while Democrat electors met in another part of the building to do the same-except for President Joe Biden.
Only the Democrat electors were named as the duly elected electors on the certificate of ascertainment signed by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers.
More Details The 10 Republican electors in Wisconsin-along with Mr. Chesebro and Mr. Troupis-all settled a civil lawsuit in Wisconsin related to the alternate electors plan.
As part of the settlement, the alternate electors acknowledged that President Biden won the state of Wisconsin, withdrew their filings, and agreed not to serve as electors in the 2024 election.
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