Marcos Fuentes, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, is alleging political oppression after being charged with organizing a fake elector scheme in Wisconsin. Fuentes, who worked as a legal advisor for the Trump campaign during the 2020 election, is accused of submitting false documents to the state’s Elections Commission in an attempt to appoint fake electors who would cast their votes for Trump.
Fuentes appeared in court last week and argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and a violation of his First Amendment rights. He claimed that he was simply exercising his right to free speech by submitting the false documents, and that he was being targeted because of his association with Trump.
The scheme orchestrated by Fuentes is part of a larger effort by Trump and his allies to undermine the results of the 2020 election, which Trump falsely claimed was stolen from him. The fake elector scheme in Wisconsin was one of several similar efforts in other states that sought to overturn the election results in favor of Trump.
Fuentes’s defense team is expected to argue that his actions were protected by the First Amendment, and that he should not be held criminally responsible for submitting false documents. However, legal experts have said that Fuentes’s defense is unlikely to succeed, as the evidence against him appears to be strong.
The case against Fuentes is ongoing, and a trial date has not yet been set. If convicted, he could face significant fines and potentially even jail time for his role in the fake elector scheme. Trump has not commented on the charges against Fuentes or his defense of political oppression.
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