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Kohtahan se taas nähdään kuka oli kommunisti
Taas nähdään, ketkä yrittävät huijata. Nämä jo ennestään tutut äärioikeistolaiset kähmijät, nyt heitä uhkaa jopa 18,5 vuoden vankeustuomio äänestäjien harhaanjohtamisyrityksistä.
"Election 2020|7 172 views|Oct 27, 2020,03:22pm EDT
Conservative Operatives Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman Indicted In Second State For Voter Suppression Scheme
Jemima McEvoy
Jemima McEvoyForbes Staff
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I'm a British-born reporter covering breaking news for Forbes.
Topline
Right-wing operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman—known for their roles in a series of outrageous political schemes—were indicted in a second state on Tuesday for allegedly orchestrating a large-scale robocall campaign designed to intimidate minority voters ahead of the 2020 election.
Jack Burkman, the lobbyist who has put a sizable donation to solve the murder of Seth Rich, canvasses the neighborhood of the murder in Washington, DC.
Jack Burkman, 54, is a resident of Virginia. The Washington Post via Getty Images
Key Facts
Wohl, 22, and Burkman, 54, were each charged with eight counts of telecommunications fraud and seven counts of bribery in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for “devising a robocall scam that attempted to suppress voting in local minority neighborhoods by intimidating residents to refrain from voting by mail.”
These charges, which could amount to a possible 18.5 years in prison, compound multiple felony charges waged against the duo by Michigan’s attorney general on Oct. 1 for the same scheme.
Per a news release from the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office, Burkman and Wohl placed over 67,000 calls across multiple states in the Midwest with pre-recorded messages falsely warning people that if they voted by mail law enforcement, collection agencies, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would use their information for pursuing old warrants, collecting outstanding debts and tracking for mandatory vaccines.
Over 8,100 of those calls were directed to phone numbers in Cleveland and East Cleveland, 3,400 of which were answered by a live person or voicemail.
Wohl and Burkman have claimed they did not orchestrate the robocall campaign, however, in Michigan, prosecutors plan to call as a witness the owner of a robocall company allegedly used by the pair, and prosecutors also say they have an email from Wohl arranging scripts for the call.
Crucial Quote
“The right to vote is the most fundamental component of our nation’s democracy,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in a statement. “These individuals clearly infringed upon that right in a blatant attempt to suppress votes and undermine the integrity of this election These actions will not be tolerated.”
Wohl, a conservative social media personality who was recently ejected from Facebook and Instagram, has joined Burkman, a conservative lobbyist and conspiracy theorist, in multiple outrageous, pro-Trump plots. Among the most well-known are the duo’s attempt to smear rivals of President Trump, including Elizabeth Warren, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Pete Buttigieg and Robert Mueller, through fabricated sexual assault allegations. Wohl is also facing a felony charge in California for unlawfully selling securities, which he pleaded not guilty to in February.
Further Reading
“Republican Operatives Jacob Wohl And Jack Burkman Charged With Felonies In Voter Suppression Scheme” (Forbes)
“Facebook, Instagram Ban Pro-Trump Operative Jacob Wohl” (Forbes)"
