Wisconsin judge in Trump fake electors case accused of not writing his own ruling

Published December 11, 2025 6:54pm ET



Newly unsealed documents accuse the judge presiding over the Wisconsin fake electors case against President Donald Trump’s former associates of not drafting a key ruling himself, and instead outsourcing it to the writing skills of a retired colleague.

The court filings, unsealed Tuesday, allege that Frank D. Remington, a recently retired Dane County Circuit Court judge, ghostwrote Judge John Hyland’s Aug. 22 order that rejected the defense’s motion to dismiss the case.

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