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Wed Aug 16, 2023, 04:40 AM Aug 2023

Wisconsin GOP Chair Brian Schimming mentioned in Trump's latest criminal indictment



Wisconsin GOP Chair Brian Schimming mentioned in Trump's latest criminal indictment
Two Trump allies, charged with conspiracy in Georgia, met with Wisconsin GOP leaders days before swing state Republicans cast false elector ballots

https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-gop-chair-brian-schimming-trump-latest-criminal-indictment-georgia-guiliani


By Anya van Wagtendonk Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 2:05pm



The chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party is mentioned by name in the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump because of a meeting he held with two allies now charged with conspiracy.

Trump's latest criminal indictment was delivered Monday night in Atlanta. The former president and 18 others have been charged with conspiracy and racketeering, among other crimes, for allegedly attempting to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia.

The sweeping, 98-page indictment refers to a meeting between two of those charged — Kenneth Chesebro and Rudy Giuliani — and Brian Schimming, who is now the chair of the Wisconsin GOP, to allegedly discuss selecting alternate Trump electors in Wisconsin.

"These were overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy," the indictment says of the December 2020 meeting, and of the subsequent meeting of Wisconsin's false electors.......




**SCREENSHOT OF PARAGRAPH FROM GEORGIA STATE TRUMP INDICTMENT"

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Wisconsin Republican Party chair Brian Schimming is mentioned by name in the latest criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Screenshot by Bridgit Bowden/WPR




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