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Sam Levine and Alice Herman

Wisconsin attorney general charges three former Trump associates in plot to overturn 2020 election

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Kenneth Chesebro speaks in Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, on 20 October 2023. Photograph: Alyssa Pointer/AP

Wisconsin’s attorney general, Josh Kaul, filed felony charges on Tuesday against three men who played a key role in the effort to appoint fake electors in the state as part of Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the election.

Kenneth Chesebro, Jim Troupis and Michael Roman were each charged with one felony count of forgery, according to court documents. The crime is a class H felony punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and up to six years in prison.

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