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Posted on 05/06/2023 8:08:48 AM PDT by CFW
Austin Goss, who has been fired from his position at Dakota News Now, reportedly used software to make prank calls to former South Dakota GOP chairman Dan Lederman appear as though they came from Gov. Kristi Noem's personal cellphone number.
Goss could face up to a year in jail and $2,000 in fines for a misdemeanor charge of making threatening, harassing, or misleading contacts.
The pre-recorded call Lederman received used the voice of a mafia member accusing him of stealing boxes of vaccines, using lines like "You telling me you didn't tell Vito that you were gonna try to move the three boxes of that AstraZeneca outside this family?"
A broadcast reporter has been charged with making a prank phone call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cellphone number
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Phone hacking is the easy part, knowing a prominent person’s private phone number & using it in this matter is criminal.
Personally I think he got it from another reporter in the newsroom by saying he needed to call the governor for a story and that’s how he got it by hacking a friend
Personally I think he got it from another reporter in the newsroom by saying he needed to call the governor for a story and that’s how he got it by hacking a friend
https://dakotawarcollege.com/austin-goss-profile-scrubbed-from-dakota-news-now/
Austin Goss moved to South Dakota in June 2020 in order to continue his career in journalism, heading up the Capital Bureau in Pierre. Austin covers mostly state politics, and other occurrences throughout central South Dakota.
Originally from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Austin enlisted into the Army after graduating from high school in 2015. Austin is now a member of the South Dakota National Guard. He graduated with a degree in Political Science from Indiana University in 2019.
Austin brings extensive experience to the capital city because of his previous work in political journalism in Austin, Texas. Despite his relatively short time thus far in the Rushmore State, Austin has a deep appreciation for the state’s natural beauty, and its friendly residents.
Austin is a Christian, a reader, a runner, and a tried and true Indiana Hoosiers fan.
https://twitter.com/AustinGossSD
Catholic, Father, Soldier, Reader, Runner.
Imagine how I felt when I saw my own number with caller ID. True story.
The soy is strong in this one...
Looking at the picture makes me wonder if any of his bio is real.
Threatening and harassing are crimes, but misleading?
Threatening and harassing are crimes, but misleading?
He’s known Noem for at least two years.
Noem posted a photo of Austin Goss on her FB page two years ago.
https://www.facebook.com/govnoem/photos/a.281082735912430/771189956901703/
At the level this reporter was at, it’s not a stretch to think he had the governor’s cell phone number.
I remember back then it was very common to find quite a bit of porn on government employee’s computers.
ANYbody who makes a phone call and causes it to display a number which belongs to someone else should be publicly hanged. That would cut down on the junk calls I get that want me to think they come from nearby.
yep, it was just dumb prank and sadly Noem can’t take a joke. Unfortunately, she decided to ruin this young man’s life over this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZfydwpYj_E
WADR, dumb pranks frequently ruin lives.
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