Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul charges Kenneth Chesebro, other Trump aides, in fake elector scheme

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64% : Trump sought recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties, which confirmed Biden's win.
45% : Biden beat Trump by about 21,000 votes in Wisconsin.
45% : The plan was spelled out by Chesebro in a memo dated Nov. 18, 2020 -- the same day Trump asked for recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties.
35% : Trump sued and the state Supreme Court upheld the results on a 4-3 vote on Dec. 14, 2020.
30% : It's unclear whether Chesebro worked for Trump or someone else.
23% : At the time, the fake electors said they held the meeting to ensure the state's electoral votes were cast for Trump if a court later determined he was the true winner of the state.
22% : In a one word statement on the charges, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said: "Good."More: Court records from Trump attorneys Troupis and Chesebro reveal depth of fake elector schemeThis story will be updated.
16% : At the same time, the fake electors gathered in another part of the Capitol to fill out paperwork claiming Trump had won.
14% : Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul charges Kenneth Chesebro, other Trump aides, in fake elector schemeMolly Beck, Milwaukee Journal SentinelJune 4, 2024 at 5:11 PMMADISON - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed felony forgery charges against an aide and two attorneys who worked for former President Donald Trump in 2020 for their part in designing and executing a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting false slates of electors for Trump.
7% : Kaul filed the charges in Dane County Circuit Court against Kenneth Chesebro, a Wisconsin native and lead architect of the 2020 fake elector plan; former Dane County Judge Jim Troupis, who represented Trump in Wisconsin during the 2020 election; and Mike Roman, a former Trump aide who allegedly delivered Wisconsin's slate of false elector paperwork to a Pennsylvania congressman's staffer in order to get them to Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021.
3% : More: Here are the 10 people who participated in Wisconsin's fake elector scheme in 2020The charges are the first to be filed by state prosecutors against anyone involved in the scheme that involved 10 Wisconsin Republicans meeting in the state Capitol in December 2020 to sign paperwork falsely claiming to be electors for Trump, despite Trump's loss to Biden.

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