Two former advisers to ex-President Donald Trump are set to stand trial in Wisconsin over accusations that they attempted to subvert the 2020 election results in the state, a judge has determined.

During a hearing on Monday, Dane County Circuit Judge John Hyland stated that sufficient evidence exists to proceed with the trial of James Troupis, a former attorney for Trump’s campaign, and Michael Roman, a former aide. Both are facing 11 felony charges related to forgery for allegedly orchestrating a scheme involving “fake electors” to falsely certify Trump’s victory in Wisconsin, despite his actual loss.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the case against another defendant, ex-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro, is being treated separately. According to court documents, prosecutors have moved to separate Chesebro’s case from the others.

All three defendants have sought to have the charges dismissed. Troupis has also requested a change of venue, aiming to move the trial to a different county, as reported by the Associated Press.

On Monday, Troupis filed a motion contending that his constitutional rights are being infringed upon, arguing that state prosecutors are improperly relying on the criminal complaint against him instead of presenting testimony from the special agent involved in the case.

“[A] defendant must get a chance to test the criminal complaint,” Troupis wrote on the filing, according to the Journal Sentinel. “That”s been the law in this State for over 100 years … Against this backdrop, this Court should shut down the State’s ‘reader-witness’ if he does not have sufficient knowledge of the case.”

Hyland rejected this argument, saying the agent referring to the criminal complaint to answer questions was allowed.

Former President Joe Biden defeated Trump in Wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes in the 2020 presidential election. Trump sought recounts in multiple counties, and both reaffirmed Biden’s win.

However, according to state prosecutors, Troupis, Roman, and Chesebro hatched a plan to secure signatures from a group of Republican Wisconsin officials declaring that Trump was victorious in their state. These individuals have since acknowledged that Biden was the rightful winner and claimed they were misled about how their signatures would be used.

In 2024, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul brought the forgery charges against the three men. As Law&Crime previously reported, the men face a maximum sentence of six years in state prison if convicted of the forgery charges.

The case is similar to others brought in different states, such as Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada.

The cases in the former two states have been tossed out. In Nevada, a judge ruled last month that the case against the “fake electors” can move forward.

Still, the Wisconsin case is different from the others, Lori Ringhand, a constitutional and election law professor at the University of Georgia School of Law, told local news nonprofit Wisconsin Watch.

“The prosecution isn’t of the electors,” Ringhand said. “It’s of the actual people, the very high-level Trump campaign people, attorneys who are accused of facilitating the entire scheme.”

Trump still largely maintains — more than five years later and without credible evidence — that he won the 2020 election.