In breaking news, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended former President Donald Trump's Wisconsin lawyer, Jim Troupis, from a state judicial ethics panel. This comes just one week after Troupis was charged with a felony for his involvement in a 2020 fake electors scheme.

Liberal advocates have been calling for Troupis to step down from the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee, citing his role in advising Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin's electoral votes for Trump after he lost the 2020 election in the state to Democrat Joe Biden.

Troupis, a former judge, was charged along with Kenneth Chesebro, another Trump attorney, and former Trump aide Mike Roman by state Attorney General Josh Kaul. The charges stem from their alleged participation in the fake electors plot. Troupis has not yet commented on the suspension.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court did not provide a specific reason for the suspension in its order, but it informed Troupis and the judicial advisory committee of his "temporary suspension" from serving on the panel, effective immediately. It is worth noting that Justice Rebecca Bradley, one of the court's three minority conservative members, did not participate in the decision.

Troupis has been a member of the judicial committee since 2020 and was reappointed for a second term in March 2023. The committee's role involves providing formal opinions and informal advice to judges and judicial officers regarding the state's code of judicial conduct. However, the committee rarely issues formal written opinions and has not done so since 2019.

This suspension has prompted calls for Troupis to be replaced on the judicial commission, similar to demands made by Democrats to remove one of the fake electors, Bob Spindell, from the bipartisan state elections commission. However, the Republican Senate majority leader who appointed Spindell has refused to rescind the appointment.

It is important to note that Troupis and Chesebro, along with the 10 Wisconsin fake electors, settled a civil lawsuit brought against them last year. Troupis defended the actions of the "alternate elector ballots," stating that they were a reasonable course of action considering the appealability of the 2020 election results to the U.S. Supreme Court. He also emphasized that the settlement was made to avoid prolonged litigation and did not imply any admission of wrongdoing.

In their efforts to overturn the election results, Trump's campaign, represented by Troupis in lawsuits, argued that tens of thousands of absentee ballots legally cast should not have been counted. However, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ultimately rejected the Trump lawsuit in a 4-3 ruling, affirming Biden's victory in the state.

With Troupis now suspended from the judicial ethics panel, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has taken a decisive step in addressing concerns surrounding his involvement in the fake electors scheme. The court's action may have broader implications for the ongoing efforts to ensure ethical conduct within the state's judicial system.