The ‘brains’ behind fake #Trump electors was once a liberal Democrat (say what now?)
Kenneth #Chesebro, a #Harvard-trained #lawyer, may be the least well known of the main players in Trump’s #federal & #Georgia #indictments
#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #Fraud #forgery #FakeElectors #DOJ #Justice #Corruption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/16/kenneth-cheseboro-trump-indictment-fake-electors/
Since #Jan6, 2021, #Chesebro has kept a low profile. He decamped to his “tropical refuge” in Puerto Rico “a handsome villa in an oceanfront gated community on the N coast of the Caribbean island” from NY last yr.
(Nothing says “innocent” as much as ensconcing yourself behind gates on an island)
#Lawyers handling a case against him in #Wisconsin have told a judge they were unable to locate him. Even the House select Jan6 Cmte… did not depose him until last fall, …bc it had trouble finding him….
“…friends said his politics seemed to shift after he reaped sizable returns from his investments in cryptocurrency in the past half-decade. He began to stake out more-#libertarian positions in #legal briefs, especially in his home state of #Wisconsin, where he started donating to #Republicans & working w/ a fmr judge, Jim #Troupis, who #Chesebro would later testify under oath had brought him into #Trump’s orbit.
“…In 2014, #Chesebro invested in a bitcoin fund overseen by Grayscale, a cryptocurrency asset manager…. He said he invested a ‘low six-figure sum’ & ended up making ‘several million dollars’ when he sold in 2017.…
“In 2016, he changed his party registration in Massachusetts from Democrat to unaffiliated…. Around the same time, the #political bent of his #legal briefs became less predictable, friends & colleagues said.
“#Eastman, who would go on to advise #Trump after the 2020 election… was also #indicted Mon in #Georgia.
“#Chesebro worked again w/a Claremont Inst affiliate in ‘18, on a #Wisconsin case that involved a poli-sci prof who argued he was improperly suspended after criticizing a grad student on his #conservative blog. The case became a fault line in vexed debates over campus #speech. Also involved was #Troupis, the WI #lawyer & fmr county judge who would… represent the #Trump campaign in the state.
Nonilex
JJ Krawczyk