Wisconsin Ethics Panel Recommends Felony Charges for Trump Fundraising Group

The Wisconsin Ethics Commission has recommended felony charges against a fundraising committee aligned with former President Donald Trump for allegedly conspiring to improperly direct funds to a Trump-endorsed candidate's campaign in violation of campaign finance laws. The bipartisan ethics panel found evidence of a scheme to funnel money to the campaign of Adam Steen, who unsuccessfully ran to unseat Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The commission referred three county Republican parties, Steen's campaign, eight individuals, and Trump's leadership PAC, Save America, to law enforcement for felony campaign finance violations. If district attorneys in the three counties decline to investigate within 60 days, the state attorney general will have the opportunity to take up the cases.