MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss felony charges against two attorneys and a former aide to President Donald Trump who advised Trump in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that the Republican candidate had won the battleground state that year.
Dane County Circuit Judge John Hyland on Friday rejected the motions to dismiss the 11 felony charges filed against the three defendants. The charges are for using forgery in an attempt to defraud each of the 10 Republican electors who cast their ballots for Trump that year.
Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 and 2024 but lost in 2020 and tried unsuccessfully to overturn his defeat.