https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/01/jacob-wohl-jack-burkman-charged-voter-suppression-424653
By MATTHEW CHOI
10/01/2020 06:10 PM EDT
The conservative conspiracists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged on Thursday with coordinating robocalls to suppress voters in the upcoming general election.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges, which include intimidating voters and conspiracy to violate election law. Nessel said the two specifically targeted minority voters to discourage them from voting. The calls allegedly told voters that voter information would be collected in a database to track down old police warrants and outstanding credit card debts, according to a news release.
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The Michigan charges relate to calls focused in the Detroit area, but other similar robocalls were also reported in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois, according to the release.
Wohl and Burkman have been involved in a number of deceptive practices to debase those they view as adversaries to conservatives. They fabricated sexual assault allegations against former Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg, White House coronavirus task force member Anthony Fauci and former special counsel Robert Mueller.
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