MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson asked the U.S. Department of Justice this week to investigate allegations made by a former attorney for President Donald Trump in Wisconsin that a judge overseeing his felony case is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.

The judge on Tuesday refused to step aside in the case of Trump's former campaign attorney and two others who face felony forgery charges related to the 2020 election in the battleground state.

Jim Troupis, Trump's former attorney who is also a former judge, alleged that the Wisconsin judge overseeing his felony case had not written the August order refusing to dismiss the charges. Troupis alleged that Judge John Hyland had received help in writing the order from a retired judge whose son works for Hyland.

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