Overview
- Newly unsealed defense filings allege retired Judge Frank D. Remington ghostwrote Judge John Hyland’s Aug. 22 order denying dismissal, citing a forensic-linguistics report and document metadata.
- Judge Hyland said only he and his assigned staff attorney drafted the decision, denied bias, refused to move the case to another county, and kept a Monday preliminary hearing on the calendar.
- Remington publicly denied writing or helping write any decisions and said he never discussed the case with Hyland or his son, who clerks in Hyland’s chambers.
- U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to have the Justice Department review the misconduct allegations, arguing Hyland cannot impartially decide issues that implicate him.
- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul charged Jim Troupis, Kenneth Chesebro, and Mike Roman in 2024 with 11 felony counts tied to the 2020 false electors effort; each count carries up to six years, and federal pardons do not affect the state case.