{"id":2520316,"date":"2025-12-11T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-trump-fake-electors-case-accused-of-not-writing-his-own-ruling\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T19:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T00:42:34","slug":"judge-in-trump-fake-electors-case-accused-of-not-writing-his-own-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-trump-fake-electors-case-accused-of-not-writing-his-own-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge in Trump fake electors case accused of not writing his own ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-in-trump-fake-electors-case-accused-of-not-writing-his-own-ruling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Wisconsin judge, John Hyland, who is presiding over the fake electors case involving former President Donald Trump&#8217;s associates, has been accused of not writing a key court ruling himself. Newly unsealed documents allege that retired dane County Circuit Court judge Frank D. Remington ghostwrote Hyland&#8217;s August 22 order, which denied the defense&#8217;s motion to dismiss the case. The defense claims Remington harbors personal animosity toward Jim Troupis, one of the defendants, and that this conflict influenced the drafting of the ruling. Forensic linguistic analysis by an expert from Georgetown University found that the writing style of the order closely matched Remington&#8217;s distinct style. Despite thes allegations, Hyland has denied any outside involvement in writing the ruling and refused to recuse himself from the case. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >defendants face multiple felony forgery charges related<\/a> to the 2020 election,with important prison time if convicted. Wisconsin&#8217;s Attorney General filed the charges, which the defense argues may be improper jurisdictionally.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin judge in Trump fake electors case accused of not writing his own ruling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1377673\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Newly unsealed documents accuse the judge presiding over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> fake electors case against President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s former associates of not drafting a key ruling himself, and instead outsourcing it to the writing skills of a retired colleague.<\/p>\n<p>The court filings, unsealed Tuesday, allege that Frank D. Remington, a recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/news\/thirdbranch\/march25\/retirement.htm\">retired<\/a> Dane County Circuit Court judge, ghostwrote Judge John Hyland&rsquo;s Aug. 22 order that rejected the defense&rsquo;s motion to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3915155\/new-york-spend-millions-helping-people-cope-collective-trauma\/\">New York to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-to-spend-millions-helping-people-cope-with-collective-trauma\/\" title=\"NY to spend millions helping people cope with ...collective trauma...\">spend millions helping people cope<\/a> with &#8216;collective trauma&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3913825\/teachers-partner-organization-congressional-investigation-terrorism-ties\/\">Philadelphia teachers partner with organization under congressional investigation for terrorism ties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3913765\/walz-welcome-more-somalis-minnesota-fraud-investigation-intensifies\/\">Walz says he would &#8216;welcome more&#8217; Somalis as fraud investigation intensifies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3425847\/trump-pardons-and-commutations-second-term-clemency\/\">TRUMP PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS: NOTABLE ACTS OF CLEMENCY IN HIS SECOND TERM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In another decision handed down this week, Hyland refused to remove himself from the case after attorneys for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/117732\/lawyer-for-trump-campaign-tied-to-fake-electors-plot\/\">Jim Troupis<\/a>, who was Trump&rsquo;s 2020 recount counselor in Wisconsin, filed several motions asking Hyland to both step aside and vacate his allegedly ghostwritten August order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judge John Hyland (Dane County Community Justice Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hyland, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cjc.danecounty.gov\/About-Us\/Council-Members\">chairman<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cjc.danecounty.gov\/\">equity-centered<\/a> Dane County Community Justice Council, had solicited outside help on the ruling from a former judge with a &ldquo;grudge,&rdquo; the defense claimed in a brief, filed in support of the omnibus motion requesting Hyland&rsquo;s disqualification or recusal for judicial misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>According to the accompanying appendix, which outlined the accusations and was under seal until Tuesday, Remington penned the bulk of Hyland&rsquo;s opinion denying the defense&rsquo;s dismissal motion, constituting a clear breach of Wisconsin&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wicourts.gov\/sc\/rules\/chap60.pdf\">judicial code of conduct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers representing Troupis said that Remington has hostility toward Troupis, a fellow former Dane County judge, and that the pair&rsquo;s personal conflict dates back to their brief time together on the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Troupis, a conservative judge in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thebadgerproject.org\/2024\/08\/20\/liberal-dane-county-keeps-growing-and-voting-in-droves-can-republicans-still-win-statewide-races-in-wisconsin\/\">deep-blue<\/a> Dane County between 2015 and 2016, was &ldquo;not everyone&rsquo;s cup of tea,&rdquo; the defendant&rsquo;s attorney Joe Bugni argued. &ldquo;This apparently included the retired Judge, who the defense believes wrote the August 22 Order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Judge Remington was (to put it mildly) not a fan of my client when they were in practice or when they were colleagues on the bench,&rdquo; Bugni continued. &ldquo;Moreover, Judge Remington retired from the bench on May 3, before the motions were ripe &mdash; we filed our reply on May 12.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To verify who is the actual author of the August order, the legal team for Troupis enlisted the services of Georgetown University <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gufaculty360.georgetown.edu\/s\/contact\/00336000014RYWSAA4\/natalie-schilling\">professor<\/a> Natalie Schilling, an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gurt.georgetown.edu\/natalie-schilling\/\">expert in forensic linguists<\/a> who has worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/docs-wi-judge-in-trump-electors-case-didnt-right-his-ruling\/\" title=\"Docs: WI Judge In ... Electors ... Didn...t Right His ...\">cases involving authorship attribution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schilling, according to the affidavit she signed, found that Hyland&rsquo;s ruling, as written, contained Remington&rsquo;s &ldquo;distinct style.&rdquo; She compared a series of rulings previously written by Remington to Hyland&rsquo;s order and discovered via her analysis that Remington&rsquo;s recognizable writing style was &ldquo;parroted throughout.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3909504\/trump-given-week-of-wins-and-fake-scandal-white-house-report-card\/\">TRUMP GIVEN WEEK OF WINS AND FAKE SCANDAL: WHITE HOUSE REPORT CARD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frank D. Remington, a retired Dane County Circuit Court judge (Wisconsin Court System)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Reviewing some of the retired Judge&rsquo;s prior orders, they all had the same flavor: they were written in the first person, they had the same structure, and often had the same sardonic tone,&rdquo; Schilling&rsquo;s affidavit statements said.<\/p>\n<p>Other parallels included &ldquo;unusual&rdquo; language used in the August order, such as use of the adverb &ldquo;impliedly,&rdquo; Schilling said.<\/p>\n<p>As for what tipped the defense off, Bugni said he shared Hyland&rsquo;s order within his legal office. Bugni&rsquo;s colleagues immediately raised suspicions about the ruling, with one attorney telling him that he believes that Remington wrote it based on the order&rsquo;s &ldquo;style and tone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Remington&rsquo;s son, a law clerk, also appeared in the ruling&rsquo;s metadata, according to Bugni.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given the father-son relationship and (what seems) the indisputable evidence that the retired Judge wrote much of this Court&rsquo;s order denying Troupis&rsquo;s motions, the defense can show the appearance of impropriety,&rdquo; Bugni asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The defense said that Hyland confirmed in a meeting with Bugni and state prosecutors that he had not worked with Remington&rsquo;s son before.<\/p>\n<p>Bugni cited a similar 1998 case in which a Milwaukee judge tapped a law professor friend to write opinions on her behalf. A disciplinary proceedings panel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/court\/wi-supreme-court\/1252954.html\">found<\/a> that the judge had &ldquo;engaged in judicial misconduct&rdquo; by having a friend &ldquo;prepare for her use opinions on dispositive motions in cases over which she presided.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The panel concluded that the judge willfully violated two rules of the judicial ethics code: one prohibiting private communications designed to influence a judge&rsquo;s decision-making and the other forbidding a judge from ex parte communications concerning a pending matter. As punishment, however, the panel only recommended the judge be reprimanded.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3888043\/trump-allies-pardoned-legal-woes-not-over\/\"><strong>TRUMP ALLIES MAY HAVE BEEN PARDONED, BUT HERE&rsquo;S WHY THEIR LEGAL WOES AREN&rsquo;T OVER YET<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.stateaffairs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/12092502.pdf\">his ruling<\/a> rebuffing the judicial misconduct claims as grounds for recusal, Hyland disputed that Remington was involved in writing the order at issue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Court is satisfied that no person other [than] the assigned staff attorney and I had a hand in drafting or editing the decision which this Court signed and entered,&rdquo; Hyland countered.<\/p>\n<p>Hyland, finding that Troupis offered no evidence that he was biased against him, maintained that he holds &ldquo;no personal animus or prejudice toward any of the litigants&rdquo; and that he could fairly oversee the case.<\/p>\n<p>Troupis had additionally asked for an evidentiary hearing, to be held in another county by a different judge, to investigate the allegations of wrongdoing. Hyland rejected that request as well as his motion to postpone a Dec. 15 preliminary hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the allegations against Hyland were not initially made public because Troupis had filed a motion to seal the omnibus brief. The motion said that while Troupis &ldquo;believes that there&rsquo;s a strong argument for making all filings public,&rdquo; as a former judge he recognizes the risk of &ldquo;public humiliation&rdquo; for Hyland.<\/p>\n<p>The other co-defendants in the case include Trump campaign aide <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2816430\/who-is-mike-roman-trump-defendant-raised-fani-willis-concerns\/\">Michael Roman<\/a>, the president&rsquo;s director of Election Day operations in 2020, and attorney <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2445135\/third-trump-defendant-kenneth-chesebro-pleads-guilty-in-fulton-rico-case\/\">Kenneth Chesebro<\/a>, who is considered the architect of Trump&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;alternate electors&rdquo; scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Troupis, they face a slew of felony forgery charges and decades in prison, if convicted on all 11 counts, which each carry a maximum six-year sentence behind bars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3256155\/trump-lawyers-aide-10-felony-charges-wisconsin-fake-electors\/\"><strong>TRUMP LAWYERS AND AIDE GET 10 MORE FELONY CHARGES OVER WISCONSIN &lsquo;FAKE ELECTORS&rsquo; PLAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat who is running for a third term, filed the charges against them in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In their initial dismissal motion, the defendants argued that such charges cannot legally be brought in state court and that proceedings for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-cooper-reported-trump-draft-order-to-seize-voting-machines-is-batsh-t\/\" title=\"CNN&#039;s Cooper: Reported ... Draft Order to Seize Voting Machines Is &#039;Batsh-t&#039;\">election-related crimes<\/a> can only be brought by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-officials-say-10-of-states-unemployment-payments-linked-to-fraud\/\" title=\"Calif. officials say 10% of state\u2019s unemployment payments linked to fraud\">county district attorney<\/a>, not the state&rsquo;s attorney general.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin judge accused of outsourcing key ruling writing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2520317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP21334791881132.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33740,32493,50433,36913,3634],"class_list":["post-2520316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-ruling","tag-fake-electors","tag-judge-2","tag-legal-ethics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP21334791881132.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520320,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520316\/revisions\/2520320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}