Posted on 08/25/2021 12:17:12 AM PDT by Coronal
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $5.1 million fine against conservative activists Jacob Wohl and John Burkman and J.M. Burkman & Associates for making 1,141 unlawful robocalls that made false claims about mail voting, the agency said Tuesday.
“Did you know that if you vote by mail, your 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?” the call said, before also erroneously claiming the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might use such data to enforce mandatory vaccinations.
Thousands of voters received such calls in New York, Ohio and Michigan, according to state prosecutors, who say it was an attempt to suppress Black voters. The activists face criminal charges for their role in spreading the disinformation, and New York Attorney General Letitia James is attempting to force the men to pay up to $2.7 million in penalties for the calls.
The FCC said the calls in question were made between Aug. 26 and Sept. 14, 2020, to 1,141 wireless cellphone users who had not expressly consented to the calls, which is a violation of federal law.
This is the largest robocall fine ever proposed by the FCC, the agency said. Wohl and Burkman identified themselves on the call, used Burkman’s cellphone number as caller ID and admitted under oath that they created the calls.
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The 202O POTUS election was stolen.
FU, FCC
Another weaponized government agency against conservatives.
When Democrats do illegal things, the Authorities say if it didn’t change the outcome of the election, everything is good! Same should apply here.
I like what they did, just needs to be done on a larger scale, and based out of a foreign country (using Internet calls).
So if I get a ‘Medicare’ call, or a ‘Credit Card’ call, etc., maybe I should ask them who to vote for.
That makes it a political call.
Maybe then the FCC will crack down on them???
And yet they can’t stop the @$$holes who want to extend my car warranty from calling me every other day.
It didn’t help that they put their names in it.
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