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MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate a Wisconsin judge overseeing a case involving felony charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign attorney over his role in the 2020 scheme to overturn the election result.
Jim Troupis, a former Dane County judge and former campaign attorney for Trump, faces felony forgery charges over his role in a plan to get slates of false Trump electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to persuade Pence to reject Joe Biden's victory over Trump.
Troupis this week sought to compel all Dane County judges to recuse from his case, citing past grudges, and accused a retired judge of secretly drafting an order issued by Dane County Judge John Hyland, the judge overseeing the case — an allegation the retired judge called "a fantasy."
Johnson's appeal to Bondi to review the allegation comes days before Troupis is scheduled to appear in court over the charges.
"Mr. Troupis represented President Donald Trump in Wisconsin in the 2020 election and, because of his role as the president’s attorney, his life has been upended by unceasing political persecutions currently led by Wisconsin’s attorney general," Johnson wrote in the letter.
"Mr. Troupis fittingly described this anti-Trump lawfare as 'the Jack Smith case being tried in Wisconsin and President Trump is going to be tried in absentia.'"
In his order, Hyland said Troupis claimed without evidence "that every judge in Dane County harbors some personal animus toward him and, as a result, recusal of the entire bench is required."
"Nothing in his submissions support this claim," Hyland wrote.
MADISON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate a Wisconsin judge overseeing a case involving felony charges against President Donald Trump's former campaign attorney over his role in the 2020 scheme to overturn the election result.
Jim Troupis, a former Dane County judge and former campaign attorney for Trump, faces felony forgery charges over his role in a plan to get slates of false Trump electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to persuade Pence to reject Joe Biden's victory over Trump.
Troupis this week sought to compel all Dane County judges to recuse from his case, citing past grudges, and accused a retired judge of secretly drafting an order issued by Dane County Judge John Hyland, the judge overseeing the case — an allegation the retired judge called "a fantasy."
Johnson's appeal to Bondi to review the allegation comes days before Troupis is scheduled to appear in court over the charges.
"Mr. Troupis represented President Donald Trump in Wisconsin in the 2020 election and, because of his role as the president’s attorney, his life has been upended by unceasing political persecutions currently led by Wisconsin’s attorney general," Johnson wrote in the letter.
"Mr. Troupis fittingly described this anti-Trump lawfare as 'the Jack Smith case being tried in Wisconsin and President Trump is going to be tried in absentia.'"
In his order, Hyland said Troupis claimed without evidence "that every judge in Dane County harbors some personal animus toward him and, as a result, recusal of the entire bench is required."
"Nothing in his submissions support this claim," Hyland wrote.
