Donald Trumps legal woes continue in Wisconsin, where the states ethics commission has reportedly recommended felony charges against Trumps Save America Joint Fundraising Committee for its alleged role in a plot to bypass campaign finance limits.
Trump is already facing 91 felony charges in criminal cases across multiple states related to his political and business dealings. The newest allegations in Wisconsin were first reported on Friday by the news site WisPolitics.
The bipartisan ethics commission, which oversees the enforcement of campaign finance and lobbying laws in the state, recommended the charges in connection with a fundraising effort to target the Republican state assembly speaker, Robin Vos, during a 2022 primary challenge.
Vos, who is the longest-serving assembly speaker in the states history, has been a consistent target of Trump and his allies since refusing to aid Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Wisconsin. Trump personally urged Vos to decertify the Wisconsin election results and, when the speaker said he could not do it under the states constitution, released a statement accusing Vos of working hard to cover up election corruption.
The commission alleges Adam Steen, Voss primary challenger, coordinated with state Republican party chapters to evade Wisconsins $1,000 limit on individual campaign donations by having individuals funnel earmarked donations through the county parties, which face no limits on campaign spending. The commission found the effort generated more than $40,000 to benefit Voss primary opponent.
Vos survived the primary attempt, but barely. Steen, who earned Trumps endorsement, lost by a mere 260 votes.
Election-denying activists have most recently backed a campaign to recall Vos, which is still gathering petition signatures and has drawn the attention of national figures in the Maga movement, including the conspiracy theorist and MyPillow CEO, Mike Lindell. Lindell headlined an event and has promoted the effort on social media, writing that Vos had blocked our efforts to secure our elections in a post on the social media site X (formerly Twitter).
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