would do. >> Thank you very much for next
week. Republican counterparts. Turning
to the 2020 election, lawyers at the center of the false elector
case from the 2020 election had an initial appearance in Dane
County Court this week. >> They do find there is
probable cause to proceed under the amended complaint, as it was
filed December 10th. >> Jim Troupis and two other men
were acting as lawyers for the Trump campaign in 2020 when they
arranged for ten Republicans to sign papers claiming they were
the electors from Wisconsin. The lawyers have each been charged
with 11 felony counts of forgery. Troupis is a longtime
Republican lawyer from Wisconsin. The electors have not
been charged, with each claiming they were duped by Troupis and
the Trump campaign into signing, believing the paperwork would
only be needed if Trump won his legal cases to overturn the
election. Instead, the false electoral documents were sent to
Washington, where Trump's staffers attempted to use
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson to get the false electors to Vice
President Mike pence. On January 6th. Troupis is calling the
charges lawfare and says they are an attack on democracy. The
three defendants are free on signature bonds and will be back
in court for a preliminary in court for a preliminary