WASHINGTON – Three men are involved in the word fake voter scheme Wisconsin has been charged with keeping former President Donald Trump in office after his defeat in the 2020 election, according to court documents.
Mike Roman, a Philadelphia native who served as the Trump campaign’s Election Day operations chief, was indicted Tuesday along with attorney Kenneth Chesebro. entered into a plea agreement With prosecutors in the 2020 election case in Georgia in October. James Troupisa former judge and Trump campaign lawyer were also indicted in connection with the fraudulent voter scheme.
Chesebro, Roman and Troupis are all charged with felony fraud, according to court documents. They are being charged for their role in getting a slate of pro-Trump voters to sign documents certifying that Trump won Wisconsin in the 2020 election. Similar placards of fraudulent Trump voters have been organized and charged in several states Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Georgia.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, the Democrat who brought the case, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Troupis and Chesebrough flew to Washington on a chartered plane to meet with Trump in the Oval Office on Dec. 16, 2020, the filings said. Two days later, Troupis wrote to Chesebro that, “There is nothing to share about our meeting with the President. everyone.” The day after Christmas, Chesebro wrote in response to Troupis that one way Congress could delay the certification of the Electoral College results on January 6, 2021, was for then-Vice President Pence to refuse to release the official voter forms certifying his state’s election. Results from Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.“Obviously, discussions of such tactical options are highly confidential,” he wrote, according to the charging documents.
In a later message cited by prosecutors, Chesebro wrote, “Mike Roman is the man in charge” on Jan. 4, 2021, who delivered the fake voter plates to Congress. A law student then flew to meet with Chesebro in Washington on January 5.
“5 minutes till I drip,” he wrote, prosecutors said. “I feel like a drug dealer.”
The fraudulent voter scheme is a key component of the charges brought against Trump in federal court in Washington by special counsel Jack Smith. Tanya Chutkanhe is currently in prison while at the Supreme Court decides Regarding Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution. It is a court difficult leading up to election day.
Chesebro and Troupis earlier Settled Wisconsin voter fraud lawsuit This resulted in the release of more than 1,000 pages of emails and text messages, although no one has claimed responsibility or culpability. The released the documents Revealed more about the scheme in Wisconsin and 10 of the fraudulent voters in the Badger State. accepted As part of a December lawsuit over President Joe Biden winning the state in 2020.
Laura Jarrett contributed.