MADISON, Wis. — In a legal settlement Wednesday, the 10 Republicans who signed official-looking paperwork falsely purporting Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2020 have agreed to withdraw their inaccurate filings, acknowledge Joe Biden won the presidency and not serve as presidential electors in 2024 or in any election where Trump is on the ballot.
Wednesday’s civil settlement marks the first time pro-Trump electors have agreed to revoke their false filings and not repeat their actions in the next presidential election. It comes as Republicans in two other states face criminal charges for falsely claiming to be presidential electors, and investigations are underway in three additional states.
Documents released as part of the settlement revealed one of the Wisconsin Republicans appeared to refer to the attempt to install Trump for a second term as a “possible steal.” That Republican expressed skepticism about the plan but told others he was going along with it in part because he feared he would face blowback from Trump supporters if he didn’t.
> In a legal settlement, the 10 fake Republicans electors in Wisconsin have agreed to withdraw their inaccurate filings, acknowledge Biden won the election, and not serve as electors in 2024 or in any election where Trump is on the ballot.
The losing losers continue to lose for trying to unlose the election Trump the loser lost to Biden.
So, that’s what a bunch of seditious degenerates looks like.
Now put the fake electors on trial for fraud and treason.
It is important to note that this is a settlement of a civil suit.
We can only hope a criminal suit follows but I suspect they’ll leave it at that, in the interest of harmony, which they really ought not to do.
They engaged in felony election fraud and should face the consequences, not this slap on the wrist civil bullshirt.
Attempt to overthrow the legitimate government and install a dictator by storming the Capital: Jail.
Attempt to overthrow the legitimate government and install a dictator with the stroke of a pen: “please don’t do it again.”
they tried to overthrown an election and their punishment is “say you’re sorry” ??? what-the-actual-fuck.
They should be in prison for trying to attack American democracy.
How is it that people who cast one illegal vote for a recently deceased relative get in more trouble than people who tried to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters? Why aren’t they IN JAIL???
Is there going to be a criminal case, or did they just sleaze their way out of consequences?
How long until they claim they were forced into taking this deal and that trump really did win?
We messed up after the civil war was over by basically just letting all of these racists go home and continue to live the way they lived minus the outright slavery; and we’re messing up now by not throwing the fucking book at these people who basically amount to insurrectionists and traitors. LOCK THEM UP
This was a civil suit so they couldn’t get jail time. It’s up to the residents of Wisconsin now to hound the DA day and night to pursue criminal charges. Because if you don’t, I guarantee it will all just get quietly swept under the rug. And don’t take “but they promised not to do it again so everything is fine” as an answer.
After 3 years??? 🤨
Things that won’t be on fox news for 500 Alex
>The day after the electors met, someone texted Carlson to say it would have been nice to have better candidates in 2020. Carlson responded: “Umm and in 2016 lol.” Carlson, who is now an aide to Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.), later added, “This country’s party system is broken.”
Just listen to those maga *ucks laugh and keep getting rich! Such injustice! A regular person gets jail time for weed in that shithole state still, but try to overturn an election, no problem, you can go freely about your life, make more money working for maga scum and try to force the 2025 plan on us all.
I think they should have been made to acknowledge all this in a very public forum. How long before one of them pulls a Sidney and claims coercion?
Can Biden not take the whole Republican Party/Fox News to court for defamation? They’re still claiming that the election was stolen? It’s what Trump would do, but more importantly, it’s the right thing to do to slow down rampant disinformation.
Wonder how much tax payer dollars were wasted having to defend against these jack holes? Hope they have to pick up all the costs based on a frivolous lawsuit
This is unacceptable. They should be in prison for attempting to overthrow the government.
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MADISON, Wis. — In a legal settlement Wednesday, the 10 Republicans who signed official-looking paperwork falsely purporting Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2020 have agreed to withdraw their inaccurate filings, acknowledge Joe Biden won the presidency and not serve as presidential electors in 2024 or in any election where Trump is on the ballot.
Wednesday’s civil settlement marks the first time pro-Trump electors have agreed to revoke their false filings and not repeat their actions in the next presidential election. It comes as Republicans in two other states face criminal charges for falsely claiming to be presidential electors, and investigations are underway in three additional states.
Documents released as part of the settlement revealed one of the Wisconsin Republicans appeared to refer to the attempt to install Trump for a second term as a “possible steal.” That Republican expressed skepticism about the plan but told others he was going along with it in part because he feared he would face blowback from Trump supporters if he didn’t.
The lawsuit, [filed last year](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/wisconsin-democrats-file-1st-of-its-kind-suit-vs-fake-trump-electors/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) by two of the state’s rightful electors, alleged the Republicans had taken part in a conspiracy to defraud voters and [sought up to $200,000](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/05/17/wisconsin-presidential-electors-sue-slate-republican-fake-electors/9791922002/) from each Trump elector. No money is being exchanged as part of the settlement.
The Biden electors are continuing their lawsuit against two attorneys who assisted the Wisconsin Republicans — Jim Troupis, a former Dane County judge who led Trump’s recount efforts in the state, and Kenneth Chesebro, who advised Republicans around the country and [pleaded guilty in October](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/20/chesebro-guilty-plea-trump-georgia/?itid=lk_inline_manual_9) to conspiring to overturn Biden’s win in Georgia.
Republicans in seven states that Biden won — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — filled out paperwork in December 2020 [falsely claiming Trump had actually won](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/20/fake-electors-charges-trump-2020-election/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10), and Trump’s supporters used that material to try to prevent Congress from certifying Biden’s victory. Congress confirmed Biden had won on Jan. 6, 2021, hours after a pro-Trump [mob stormed the U.S. Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10).
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> In a legal settlement, the 10 fake Republicans electors in Wisconsin have agreed to withdraw their inaccurate filings, acknowledge Biden won the election, and not serve as electors in 2024 or in any election where Trump is on the ballot.
The losing losers continue to lose for trying to unlose the election Trump the loser lost to Biden.
So, that’s what a bunch of seditious degenerates looks like.
Now put the fake electors on trial for fraud and treason.
It is important to note that this is a settlement of a civil suit.
We can only hope a criminal suit follows but I suspect they’ll leave it at that, in the interest of harmony, which they really ought not to do.
They engaged in felony election fraud and should face the consequences, not this slap on the wrist civil bullshirt.
Attempt to overthrow the legitimate government and install a dictator by storming the Capital: Jail.
Attempt to overthrow the legitimate government and install a dictator with the stroke of a pen: “please don’t do it again.”
they tried to overthrown an election and their punishment is “say you’re sorry” ??? what-the-actual-fuck.
They should be in prison for trying to attack American democracy.
What a bunch of scummy republicans
Name them in every headline
I’m getting real, “Please, don’t prosecute us!” vibes. Anyone else?
How is it that people who cast one illegal vote for a recently deceased relative get in more trouble than people who tried to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters? Why aren’t they IN JAIL???
Is there going to be a criminal case, or did they just sleaze their way out of consequences?
How long until they claim they were forced into taking this deal and that trump really did win?
We messed up after the civil war was over by basically just letting all of these racists go home and continue to live the way they lived minus the outright slavery; and we’re messing up now by not throwing the fucking book at these people who basically amount to insurrectionists and traitors. LOCK THEM UP
This was a civil suit so they couldn’t get jail time. It’s up to the residents of Wisconsin now to hound the DA day and night to pursue criminal charges. Because if you don’t, I guarantee it will all just get quietly swept under the rug. And don’t take “but they promised not to do it again so everything is fine” as an answer.
After 3 years??? 🤨
Things that won’t be on fox news for 500 Alex
>The day after the electors met, someone texted Carlson to say it would have been nice to have better candidates in 2020. Carlson responded: “Umm and in 2016 lol.” Carlson, who is now an aide to Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wis.), later added, “This country’s party system is broken.”
Just listen to those maga *ucks laugh and keep getting rich! Such injustice! A regular person gets jail time for weed in that shithole state still, but try to overturn an election, no problem, you can go freely about your life, make more money working for maga scum and try to force the 2025 plan on us all.
I think they should have been made to acknowledge all this in a very public forum. How long before one of them pulls a Sidney and claims coercion?
Can Biden not take the whole Republican Party/Fox News to court for defamation? They’re still claiming that the election was stolen? It’s what Trump would do, but more importantly, it’s the right thing to do to slow down rampant disinformation.
Wonder how much tax payer dollars were wasted having to defend against these jack holes? Hope they have to pick up all the costs based on a frivolous lawsuit
This is unacceptable. They should be in prison for attempting to overthrow the government.
Why didn’t they get any jail time?