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October 27, 2022

Prominent Trump Backers Plead Guilty to Robocalls Spreading Voter Misinformation
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In Ohio, right-wing conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman
pleaded guilty this week to placing thousands of robocalls spreading
misinformation about voting in the lead-up to the 2020 elections. The
calls targeted Democratic voters and people of color in Cleveland,
falsely claiming election officials would use vote-by-mail information
to arrest or collect overdue debts from voters, and that the CDC would
use their personal information in a mandatory vaccination program. The
robocalls also went out to voters in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and
New York.


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