Michigan Supreme Court sides with Nessel on question in right-wing robocall case
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a lower court should review whether a pair of far-right operatives broke the law when they made tens of thousands of calls spreading misinformation about voting across Midwestern states ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl were charged in 2021 by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel with multiple felonies including voter intimidation and using computers to commit crimes against election laws. They are alleged to have made thousands of calls in cities where the majority of residents are minority groups like Detroit, where 12,000 calls were made and 79% of residents are Black. Prosecutors say it was intended to discourage voters from participating in the November 2020 general election by falsely claiming that if voters participated in mail-in voting, their personal information would be added to a public database used by law enforcement officials and credit card companies.
In one message cited in the appeals court decision, Burkman told Wohl his satisfaction about how successful the robocalls were.
“I love these robocalls getting angry black call backs, win or lose, the black robocalls was [sic] a great idea,” said Burkman.
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/06/14/michigan-supreme-court-sides-with-nessel-on-question-in-right-wing-robocall-case/
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