U.S. DOJ subpoenas Wisconsin county election officials for Trump communications

"The Trump campaign called Smith's appointment by Garland "a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politicized, weaponized Biden Department of Justice."nn"

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"MADISON - U.S. Department of Justice officials are asking election officials in Dane and Milwaukee counties to hand over records of communication between their offices and former President Donald Trump and his allies as part of an investigation into Trump's efforts to keep himself in the White House despite losing reelection in 2020."

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"Among the group of Trump allies included in the subpoena for communications is Troupis, who was one of the first to learn of a scheme to put in place Republican electors in states Trump was trying to overturn election results."

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"They were issued by Smith the same month he was tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee a broad investigation into Trump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election and the unauthorized transfer of classified government documents to his Florida estate after exiting the White House.nn"

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"The memo arrived the same day Troupis filed paperwork on behalf of the Trump campaign to begin ballot recounts in the liberal-leaning and populous Dane and Milwaukee counties."

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"Troupis also led the legal team Trump hired in 2020 to oversee the counties' recounts."

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"The memo underscored the significance of Jan. 6, 2021, to the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn a loss confirmed by courts and recounts -- a date thousands converged on the U.S. Capitol to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory, resulting in violence and death."

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"The memo underscored the significance of Jan. 6, 2021, to the Trump campaign's efforts to overturn a loss confirmed by courts and recounts -- a date thousands converged on the U.S. Capitol to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's victory, resulting in violence and death."

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"The subpoenas to Wisconsin officials seek records of communication with 19 people, including Dane County attorney Jim Troupis who, while representing Trump, worked to overturn Trump's loss in Wisconsin and in other battleground states following the 2020 presidential election, according to a copy of the subpoena provided by Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell and Milwaukee County Clerk George ChristensonnnMcDonell was clerk during the 2020 election and subsequent recounts of Dane and Milwaukee counties' elections during which Troupis sought to throw out hundreds of thousands of absentee ballots to overturn Trump's loss in Wisconsin."

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"Troupis, a former Dane County Circuit Court judge hired by Trump's campaign to oversee recounts, received a memo on Nov. 18, 2020, outlining the strategy."

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