With the inkling of ruling Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul has been tenaciously pursuing a politically motivated probe against the lawyers who once worked for former President Donald Trump. Even as Kaul’s allegations flounder, these prosecutions continue to play to the tune of Trump-loathing Democrats, who are steering the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s nomination for the 2026 gubernatorial race. As it’s rumored, Kaul aspires to snatch the governor’s seat although he is yet to make an official announcement.
The attorney general’s office, led by Kaul along with his faithful subordinates, has been circling a shaky case against Trump’s former campaign attorney Jim Troupis, another lawyer tied to Trump, Kenneth Chesebro, and a campaign aide named Michael Roman for a lengthy time. The precarious legal theory they attempt to peddle suggests that these defendants turned to forgery in order to deceive the ten Republican electors who acted as lawful alternate electors post the 2020 presidential election. Incorrectly slapped with the ‘fake electors’ label by the attorney general and compliant corporate media, these Republicans convened on December 14, 2020 to endorse Trump following Biden’s ostensible Wisconsin victory.
Even though Kaul craves a guilty conviction and might obtain one in a Dane County court teeming with anti-Trump jury, he understands, akin to his radical lawfare teammates maneuvering parallel prosecutions in other swing states, that the process in itself serves as the punishment. His labyrinthine legal strategies continue to find favor with his base supporters while leaving the wider public confused and the democracy eroded.
In a conversation on NewsTalk 1130 WISN in Milwaukee, Troupis revealed the underlying motivations of Kaul’s political prosecution: it is focused on punishing ‘the unspeakable’ truth — the assertion that Trump could have won Wisconsin in the 2020 election counting only the lawful votes. This unpalatable revelation for the Left is what drives this entire case, the lawyer insists.
Troupis and Chesebro, while contesting Biden’s purported win in Wisconsin, underscored that there were over 50,135 unlawful votes in the election. The concerning aspect of these votes includes thousands who claimed indefinite confinement to avoid showing a photo ID for voting, several more whose ballots were unlawfully collected, and defective absentee ballots. Despite maintaining a frail lead of 20,600 votes in Wisconsin, Biden confidently declared victory. Not even one court labeled their challenge frivolous; there were legitimate doubts regarding the legality of these votes as per state election rules. Yet, it wasn’t long before the Left and its media allies turned on anyone questioning the questionable election outcomes.
The case saw a significant turn in June 2024, when Trump’s GOP presidential nomination was almost certain and Biden’s reelection campaign was tumbling. Kaul then infamously, and dramatically, presented forgery-related charges against Troupis and his co-defendants in an extensively televised press conference. Quite obviously, the charges were woven around the prevailing ‘fake electors’ narrative. His charges aimed at vilifying the defendants for mobilizing ten Republican volunteers to safeguard Trump’s electoral votes in the light of post-election legal confrontations. The case quickly hit a dead end as Kaul faltered in convincingly applying the state forgery-uttering law to his plot.
The most ironically glorious aspect of this convoluted saga was that the state Department of Justice twice vouched for the alternate electors scheme. They acknowledged that this practice, which obligated the alternate electors to secure Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for Trump pending court challenges, was legally executed in contentious presidential elections in the past. Historical references include contentious Election of 1876 and 1960 while Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore was advised, although he didn’t heed, to adopt the same during the disputed 2000 elections. Furthermore, Chesebro, a local Wisconsinite, was an attorney in the Gore campaign then.
In keeping with what was echoed by the state DOJ, Troupis’ lawyer reiterated that there was nothing unlawful about the alternate electors. Then, in a surprising turn of events, Kaul went astray, introducing ten more charges against the defendants in December. The Attorney General swapped his faulty forgery premise for a heartfelt play at fraud, alleging that Troupis and his co-defendants had deceived the electors into filling out the ballot. Given the copious evidences to the contrary, Troupis maintained that no such deception occurred because everyone knew they were preserving Trump’s rights. But such logical reasoning was never meant to thrive in Kaul’s politically-charged prosecution.
Despite its fundamental incongruities, the judicial system under sternly liberal Dane County Judge John D. Hyland refused to dismiss these felony charges. Such outright disregard of the First Amendment and due process was unremarkable in a case fraught with partisan schemes and a thirst for vendetta.
On conviction, the defendants could see six years of incarceration and pay a hefty fine of $10,000 for each of the 11 felony counts. The Attorney General’s Office has conveniently remained silent, refusing to respond to multiple requests for a comment, which isn’t surprising given the shady nature of this prosecution.
Similar prosecutions under the alternate elector cases have been brought about in Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, and Arizona. The Nevada Supreme Court, earlier this month, entertained arguments on whether the Republican prosecution can be revived. Last year, a county court dismissed the forgery charges due to jurisdictional issues, ruling that Clark County, Nevada was not the rightful venue for the trial.
Despite the partisan hostility evident in liberal Dane County’s judicial system, Troupis remains confident that Kaul will inevitably face a defeat. He pointed out that Kaul, mercilessly wielding the unlimited state resources at his disposal, is systematically eroding his finances by dragging out the case. Nonetheless, Troupis stays steadfast, resolute in his commitment to not back down before such blatant misuse of law and power.
The unfolding of this case is increasingly revealing the caliber of those who are keen on milking it for political gains. With every passing day, it reveals the machinations of the Left in Wisconsin, where the law is increasingly used as a weapon to exact political scores.
In the end, what this bizarre episode in American politics illuminally unfailingly is the degree to which the Left canstretch the law to push its political agenda. In an unexpected twist of truth and falsehood, the supposed perpetrators become victims, and the accusers turn into the true culprits.
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