Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 misinfo election robocalls in Ohio

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Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.

Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.

The Federal Communications Commission last year recommended that the pair pay a $5.1 million fine for the robocalls, which at the time was the largest forfeiture that the commission had sought in a robocall case, according to a news release.

[They face similar charges in Michigan.]

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[cow451]

Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.

Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.

The Federal Communications Commission last year recommended that the pair pay a $5.1 million fine for the robocalls, which at the time was the largest forfeiture that the commission had sought in a robocall case, according to a news release.

[They face similar charges in Michigan.]

See also.

Some measure of justice being served.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Some measure of justice being served.

I agree

 

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An Ohio judge ordered them to spend 500 hours registering voters living in low-income neighborhoods in the Washington, D.C. area.

“These two individuals attempted to disrupt the foundation of our democracy,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in a statement. “Their sentence of two years of probation and 500 hours of community work service at a voter registration drive is appropriate.”

 

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Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.

Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.

Right-wing hoaxers’ robocalls targeting Black voters violated Voting Rights Act and KKK Act, federal judge rules​

Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman’s robocallstargeting Black voters violated the Voting Rights Act and Ku Klux Klan Act — and the question isn’t close enough to require a jury, a federal judge ruled.

The ruling spells victory without a trial for The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), a civil rights group that sued Wohl and Burkman in the Southern District of New York before the 2020 presidential election.

 

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Robocalls to voters before 2020 election result in $5 million fine​

The Federal Communications Commission hit conservative provocateurs Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman with the fine over claims targeting voters in several states.

(The FCC proposed the fine some time ago, but has now imposed it.)

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January 2024 update:

Burkman consents to giving up law license following voting robocall conviction​