Wisconsin charges Kenneth Chesebro in the false-elector conspiracy case

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced a criminal complaint charging Kenneth Chesebro, a Trump campaign attorney and legal adviser, with conspiring to utter as genuine a forged writing tied to the state's 2020 unappointed-elector certificate. The DOJ release said the complaint alleged a plan to present a certificate of electoral votes from people who were not Wisconsin's duly appointed electors. Wisconsin prosecutors later added 10 more felony counts, and a Dane County judge rejected dismissal motions in August 2025. Current posture: a later probable-cause decision was separated out based on questions about what evidence is admissible against him. The charges remain allegations, and Kenneth Chesebro is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.