Prosecutor won't bring charges against Wisconsin lawmaker over fundraising scheme

A Wisconsin authoritative says she won’t bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade authorities run concern laws successful bid to unseat the almighty talker of the Assembly

MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin authoritative said Friday that she won't bring charges against a Republican lawmaker accused of trying to evade authorities run concern laws successful bid to unseat the almighty talker of the Assembly.

Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper said she would not beryllium filing felony charges against Rep. Janel Brandtjen arsenic was recommended by the bipartisan Wisconsin Ethics Commission.

She is the 4th region authoritative to determine against filing charges against erstwhile President Donald Trump's fundraising committee, Brandtjen and others progressive successful the effort to unseat Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.

Ultimately, the authorities lawyer general, Democrat Josh Kaul, could beryllium asked to prosecute the cases.

The morals committee alleges that Trump’s fundraising committee and Brandtjen, a Trump ally, conspired successful a strategy to evade run concern laws to enactment the Republican superior challenger to Vos successful 2022. It forwarded recommendations for filing felony charges to prosecutors successful six counties.

Vos angered Trump by firing a erstwhile authorities Supreme Court justness Vos had hired to analyse Trump’s discredited allegations of fraud successful the 2020 statesmanlike election. Vos launched the probe nether unit from Trump, but yet distanced himself from Trump’s effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s triumph successful Wisconsin.

Trump and Brandtjen past tried to unseat Vos by backing a GOP superior opponent, Adam Steen. Trump called Steen a “motivated patriot” erstwhile endorsing him soon earlier the 2022 primary. Vos, the longest-serving Assembly talker successful Wisconsin history, defeated Steen by conscionable 260 votes.

The morals committee alleges that Trump’s Save America governmental enactment committee, Brandtjen, Republican Party officials successful 3 counties and Steen’s run conspired to debar authorities fundraising limits arsenic they steered astatine slightest $40,000 into the effort to decision Vos.

Opper said her determination did not “clear Rep. Brandtjen of immoderate wrongdoing, determination is conscionable not capable grounds to determination guardant to fto a information finder decide.”

“I americium simply concluding that I cannot beryllium charges against her," Opper said successful a statement. “While the intercepted communications, specified arsenic audio recordings whitethorn beryllium compelling successful the tribunal of nationalist opinion, they are not successful a tribunal of law.”