Money laundering complaint filed against Justice Protasiewicz by convicted felon, election denier, alleged stalker.

• Author: Schuster, Steve

Byline: Steve Schuster, sschuster@wislawjournal.com

Published 8:54 a.m. CDT on September 21, 2023.

The same election denier and convicted felon who allegedly stalked Elections Commission chair Meagan Wolfe has filed a complaint against Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Janet Protasiewicz.

Peter Bernegger filed a money laundering and fraud complaint against the new Supreme Court justice, Sam Roecker, a campaign spokesperson for Protasiewicz, told the Wisconsin Law Journal on Wednesday.

As previously reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bernegger was served in July with a warning letter from the Wisconsin Capitol Police informing him that his behavior targeting Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe could be interpreted as "stalking" pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes.

According to the Journal Sentinel, Bernegger previously claimed Milwaukee officials illegally printed ballots for Joe Biden in 2020. That allegation was made lacking any credible evidence, according to the report. He also has filed more than a dozen lawsuits against state and local election officials in recent years.

According to the complaint disclosed Wednesday, Protasiewicz's campaign allegedly conducted money laundering and fraud known as "smurfing."

Bernegger has spent time in federal prison after a conviction for mail fraud and bank fraud.

As previously reported by the Wisconsin Law Journal, aRon Johnson aide asked the same convicted felon for his opinion on campaign activities.

Also as previously reported by the Wisconsin Law Journal, Dan Carlton, administrator for the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, says that if any of his seven staff members leak details from an ongoing investigation, he will personally terminate them on the spot and refer them to law enforcement.

"Complaints are confidential. If this was any of my staff, they know they would be terminated and referred to law enforcement," Carlton told the Wisconsin Law Journal on Wednesday.

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