Claims judicial bias & lawfare.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is asking the Department of Justice to review the case brought by Wisconsin’s attorney general against retired Dane County circuit judge James Troupis “to determine whether any wrongdoing has occurred.”
Judge Troupis represented Donald Trump in his challenge of Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election results, which narrowly favored Joe Biden.
In his letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, dated Thursday 12-11-2025, Sen. Johnson cites “blatant political bias against” Judge Troupis. “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,” Josh Kaul, a Democrat. Sen. Johnson writes:
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.”
Ghost writers in the sky
Federal prosecutor Smith’s case was dismissed. In Michigan, a judge dismissed a similar “false electors” case. Wisconsin’s Republican senator cites Troupis defense attorney’s claim that Dane County Circuit Court Judge John Hyland did not write a court order refusing a change of venue out of Dane County. It was instead ghost written by retired judge Frank Remington, Troupis alleges.
The letter quotes defense attorney Joseph Bugni: “Judge Remington was (to put it mildly) not a fan of my client when they were in practice or when they were colleagues on the bench.“ (More here)
WI AG Kaul brought 11 felony counts alleging forgery and fraud against Mr. Troupis for preparing an alternate (or contingent) set of presidential electors to be available should court appeals succeed. The case is next due in court 9 a.m. Monday 12-15-2025 in courtroom 7107 of the Dane County Courthouse, Madison.
Jim Troupis calls the case against him “lawfare” — a term describing a case that may lack legal merit but is brought to drain the subject’s financial resources and damage his reputation for political purposes.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Judge Troupis’ crime, if it be one, is attempting to represent his client, whatever you may think of that client or the defeated President’s other actions concerning the January 6 insurrection, which is a separate matter. A slate of alternate electors was, indeed, honored in the 1960 presidential election. Wisconsin’s 2020 election was decided by less than one percentage point and subject to extensive litigation.
6 responses to “Sen. Johnson intervenes in Troupis electors case”
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What happens down the road when attorney’s are prosecuted for who they represent? Just look at Europe and free speech.
Bondi knows what “lawfare means. She used it against Comey and James. At least on his way to DC he can do some chin ups.
Every person is entitled to a lawyer to represent them, and the lawyer is obligated to represent them. Case should be dismissed. Attorney General Kaul shold be ashamed.
The problem was the fake names and the fact it wasn’t written in NEW TIMES ROMAN. Using OLD TIME GREEK will raise a MAGA flag immediately. Every legal scholar knows that.
Has everybody forgot about democracy in the park which generated 20 thousand plus votes, enough to change the election.