New York AG’s office named the platform that was used to send robocalls: Message Communications, Inc. along with its apparent owner Robert Mahanian–as co-conspirators in its complaint against Mssrs. Wohl and Burkman sending out robocalls designed to prevent certain folks from voting.
Federal Judge Lets New York Attorney General Try to Sue Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for $2.75 Million Adam Klasfeld
Facing criminal prosecution in two states, hard-right hoaxers
Jacob Wohl and
Jack Burkman had their civil liabilities dramatically expand on Wednesday, with a federal judge giving the green light to New York Attorney General
Letitia James’s (D) effort to stick them and others with a $2.75 million fine for robocalls allegedly designed for voter suppression.
“There is no doubt that the NY AG has a strong interest in stopping Defendants’ allegedly discriminatory efforts to impair New York citizens’ voting rights,” U.S. District Judge
Jacob Wohl and
Jack Burkman had their civil liabilities dramatically expand on Wednesday, with a federal judge giving the green light to New York Attorney General
Letitia James’s (D) effort to stick them and others with a $2.75 million fine for robocalls allegedly designed for voter suppression.
“There is no doubt that the NY AG has a strong interest in stopping Defendants’ allegedly discriminatory efforts to impair New York citizens’ voting rights,” U.S. District Judge
Victor Marrero found in a 14-page order.
The ruling means that the attorney general will join the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and a little more than a half-dozen voters in their lawsuit accusing Wohl, Burkman, their companies, and unnamed alleged accomplices of violating the Ku Klux Klan Act by scaring thousands of New Yorkers about the effects of voting by mail.
Right-wing provocateurs Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman in more trouble over racist robocalls Salon 7 hrs ago Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
Blundering right-wing provocateurs Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman who became briefly notorious for their clumsy attempts to smear prominent Democrats with phony sex scandals have somehow found a way to land themselves in even deeper legal hot water. On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office had filed a motion to join a federal lawsuit stemming from Wohl and Burkman s racist robocall scheme targeting Black voters in urban areas ahead of the 2020 election.