Trump allies Troupis, Roman will stand trial in criminal false electors case

The trial against two people charged with felony forgery in Wisconsin in connection to the 2020 false electors scheme will proceed after a Dane County judge found probable cause on Monday.

At a lengthy preliminary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court, Judge John Hyland found the state presented enough evidence against Jim Troupis, who served as Trump’s Wisconsin attorney in the 2020 election, and Mike Roman, a 2020 campaign aide, for the criminal trial to go forward.

A third co-defendant, former Trump campaign attorney Ken Chesebro, was separated out based on questions his lawyers raised about what evidence is admissible. He will face a separate probable cause hearing later.

All three men face 11 counts of felony forgery in Wisconsin for their roles in the 2020 false electors plot, in which 10 Republican electors gathered at the state Capitol and signed documents attesting that President Donald Trump had won Wisconsin, even though he had narrowly lost to former President Joe Biden.



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