Fake Wisconsin Trump Electors, Already Under DOJ Investigation, Now Face Civil Suit –

Donald Trump’s fake voters who signed official papers with false allegations that their candidate won Wisconsin in 2020 and that their actions are already under federal prosecutor’s investigation are now facing a state lawsuits to cost all $ 200,000.

The lawsuit, filed by the Washington-based Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Defense and Wisconsin-based pro-democracy group Law Forward, was filed on behalf of two voters who voted for the de facto winner, Democrat Joe Biden. . As well as a voter in Wisconsin who did not participate in the Electoral College vote but says the fraud also had a negative impact on him.

“The election cancellation program, however, has caused permanent and irreversible damage to the nation’s political institutions in general and to the Wisconsin -based government in particular,” the complaint read. “The defendants not only helped lay the groundwork for the events on Jan. 6, 2021, but they also caused lasting damage to Wisconsin’s civic fabric.”

It was filed Tuesday at the State Capitol in Dane County, Wisconsin, where the fake documents were signed on Dec. 14, 2020, the same day real voters confirmed Biden’s narrow victory in that state on Nov. 3. Accused he is the false voter of fraud and criminal association and asks the court to declare such conduct illegitimate and give punitive compensation to the plaintiffs.

“Without any responsibility, it could happen again in the future,” said Mary McCord, a former Justice Department official and now director of Georgetown University Law School’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Defense.

Trump’s 10 fraudulent voters and the two lawyers who worked on the former president’s efforts were not immediately available for comment.

“Fraudulent voters have tried to oppose the will of Wisconsin voters, and this is dangerous for our democracy.” Bull Penbaker, a lawsuit filed by one of Wisconsin’s two legitimate voters, said in a statement. “Their behavior must have consequences and this reason gives our judiciary the possibility that it will never happen again.”

After losing his re-election, Trump began a week-long battle to change the outcome through dozens of lawsuits in six states where he hoped to win but lost. He lost all his costumes.

However, he and his campaign pursued a different approach: meeting with his supporters in these states as if they were filling out ballots that were “appropriately elected” for college voters and giving “votes” for to Trump. The plan was for then -Vice President Mike Pence, who saw a “competitive” list of voters from those states, to elect Trump’s papers or remove those disputed states and leave Trump in majority when Pence led a vote in Congress. Certification ceremony on January 6, 2021.

“The plan really failed because Pence refused to give up,” McCord said. “Even if it doesn’t work, he was dangerously approached.”

In addition to Wisconsin, the Trump campaign has taken deceptive turnouts in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. They were also deported to Pennsylvania and New Mexico, but Trump’s “elections” in those states insisted on including the language in their documents, recognizing that their claims were valid only if a court or other trial found that Trump, not Biden, has them. . In fact, he won in this state.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel appealed to the U.S. Department of Justice in January against fraudulent voters in her state. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kal issued an accompanying statement, and U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco confirmed in late January that the department was investigating the matter.

Since then, however, the Justice Department has made no further statement about the state of the investigation into fraudulent voters and Trump supporters in several states, including Wisconsin, have continued to try to “verify” election results in 2020. There is no constitutional process for such efforts.

And that’s why, McCord said, the judge’s decision that what Trump supporters did in Wisconsin violates both state and federal criminal law is crucial in the upcoming election.

If nothing else, the prospect of court-ordered compensation, which under Wisconsin law can run up to $ 200,000 per defendant, could discourage those inclined to retry fake voters.

“It could be a financial blow,” he said.

Trump, despite losing a national election with 7 million votes and 306 out of 232 at the Electoral College, became the first president in an election in more than two centuries to reject a peaceful transfer of power. The incitement to attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 – the latest attempt to stay in office – resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer, the wounding of 140 other officers and the suicide of four officers. of the police. .

However, Trump remains the dominant figure in the Republican Party and openly speaks out about re -voting in the 2024 presidential election.