FCC Fines Jacob Wohl And Jack Burkman $5.1 Million
Source: Joe.My.God.
FCC Fines Jacob Wohl And Jack Burkman $5.1 Million
August 24, 2021 Republicans, Trump cultists
First, a reminder about the case:
Jacob Wohl, a conservative activist known for his largely bumbling attempts to stage political scandals, has been charged with running a robocalling scheme to spread false election information. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed four felony charges today against Wohl and his partner Jack Burkman. They're accused of targeting Detroit residents with calls that discouraged voting, including false claims that mail-in ballots would let health agencies "track people for mandatory vaccines."
Wohl and Burkman allegedly targeted voters in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois, making a total of around 85,000 calls in August. The calls claimed to come from a group called "Project 1599, a civil rights organization founded by Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl," and they were aimed at areas with large Black populations, urging them to not "be finessed into giving your private information to the man."
And today, this.
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Read more: https://www.joemygod.com/2021/08/ftc-fines-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-5-1-million/
That's not a news source, so I'll have to come up with something. I'll look.
Whoa, that's going to leave a mark.
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As usual, I found out AFTER I POSTED that there's a thread in GD about this.
FCC proposes $5 Million Robocalling fine against John Burkman and Jacob Wohl
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215777774
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‼️ Whoa! The FCC just announced a massive $5 million fine for illegal robocalling against conspiracy theorists John Burkman and Jacob Wohl
Link to tweet
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The pair are also facing a $2.75 million lawsuit from the NY AG
Link to tweet
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You jive turkey!
Maybe nobody would've payed his fine, but had the tactic seemed to have worked, I could see big $$$ people deciding it might be worth the risk to fund these kinds of operations on a larger scale, and build the fines into their 'cost of doing business'.
Don't know answer to the FCC question 
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Blake Montgomery
Reporter/Editor
Published Aug. 24, 2021 5:24PM ET
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed fining Jacob Wohl and his associate Jack Burkman $5 million for making more than 1,000 unsolicited robocalls. Wohl and Burkman targeted areas with high percentages of Black voters in apparent attempts to discourage them from voting by mail in the lead up to the 2020 election. They faced a lawsuit in New York, as well as Ohio and Michigan indictments. The FCC said in a press release, “The robocalls in this case, made on August 26 and September 14, 2020, used messages telling potential voters that, if they vote by mail, their ‘personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts.’” According to the FCC, the calls identified Wohl and Burkman by name. Burkman told a New York court of the 1,141 dials, “That is our call, yes, yes.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fcc-moves-to-fine-jacob-wohl-and-john-burkman-dollar5-million-for-1000-unwanted-robocalls
By Makena Kelly@kellymakena Aug 24, 2021, 5:45pm EDT
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission proposed an over $5 million fine against conspiracy theorists and conservative activists John Burkman and Jacob Wohl for making hundreds of robocalls spreading 2020 election misinformation.In its proposal, the FCC said that the agency is weighing a $5,134,500 fine against Burkman and Wohl for making over 1,100 robocalls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA.
The violating pre-recorded calls told voters that their personal information would be “part of a public database” that would be used by “police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debts” if they chose to vote by mail in the 2020 election. It’s the largest TCPA fine the FCC has ever proposed, according to a press release from the agency Tuesday.
Last October, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed four felony charges against Burkman and Wohl, accusing the pair of discouraging Detroit residents from voting in the 2020 election. Specifically, the case accuses them of targeting voters in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois in around 85,000 calls last August. According to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, the calls claimed to come from “Project 1599, a civil rights organization” founded by the pair and targeted areas with large populations of Black voters.
“We remain committed to defending democracy against misinformation spread in an attempt to undermine our free and fair elections,” Nessel said in a statement earlier this year. A trial date has not been set.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/24/22640239/fcc-jacob-wohl-burkman-election-robocalls-fine
This is LONG LONG LONG overdue!
Hope it goes through.
A prank is something that does no real damage to someone. How many of those called were on the 'National Do Not Call' list (which is a joke, but it shouldn't be)?
Taking away a person's right to vote goes beyond a "prank". These bastards should be fitted for orange jumpsuits.
Those little scamps! 
