The Leader of Wisconsin's Fake Elector Plot Is A Sitting Member of Congress... And He Could Face More Than 45 Years in Prison

     The updates on the case of the fraudulent electors in at least seven states-- Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania-- who tried to overthrow the 2020 election is heating up by the hour. In an interview on MSNBC, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said that if the DOJ decides not to charge the individuals they are investigating, his office will, the second state AG to make such a declaration after Dana Nessel of Michigan.

     Meanwhile, people are calling on Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul to make the same statement. A nonpartisan election group found that the state's 10 fraudulent electors may have committed at least eight felony offenses each: forgery, punishable by up to six years in prison; false swearing, punishable by up to six years in prison; falsely assuming to act as a public officer, punishable by up to 42 months in prison; simulating legal process, punishable by up to 42 months in prison; misconduct while assuming to act in public office, punishable by up to 42 months in prison, and conspiracy to commit, aiding and abetting, and attempting to commit the aforementioned activities, which carries an extra 22.5 years in prison. In total, these false electors could be facing up to 45 years in state prison on these charges.

     The most shocking recent revelation came from Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson, who submitted a public records request that found that the person who booked the conference room and auxiliary room in the Wisconsin Capitol that were used to commit these crimes was none other than then-Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who is now a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's fifth congressional district. Considering he voted not to certify the election results on January 6th, his first official act as a member of Congress, it's unlikely that he didn't know what was going on that room. In his emails to reserve these rooms, he called it a matter of "high importance." This is big news because he is the first sitting member of Congress to be exposed to potential criminal liability related to this fraudulent elector scheme. With the 14th amendment being rightfully used to challenge the ability of North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn, who spoke on January 6th and has continually promoted political violence, to run for reelection, perhaps it's time to seek the same recourse against Fitzgerald. 

     At the same time, 14 fraudulent electors, two from each state, have been subpoenaed to appear before the January 6th Committee by the end of February, making this the third federal body (after the DOJ and the National Archives) to join the state attorneys general in investigating this case. This leaves only Arizona and Georgia as the states where no efforts to investigate have been launched. Today, we know why no action has been taken in Arizona. Attorney General Mark Brnovich, as we stated, launched an investigation not into these electors but into the results of the 2020 election. He appeared in a Facebook ad arm-to-arm with Trump in his bid for the U.S. Senate against Mark Kelly in spite of the fact that Trump has not made any endorsement yet in that race. Arizona Secretary of State Hobbs revealed that she referred both sets of the state's fraudulent electors to Brnovich for criminal charges in December 2020. Nearly 15 months later, no action has been taken, and it's pretty evident why. Brnovich has chosen his own political ambitions over the people of Arizona, and he needs to resign. That just leaves Georgia Attorney General Christopher M. Carr: will he do the right thing?