Michigan Supreme Court won't hear appeal in robocall election disinformation case
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lower courts decision which upheld criminal charges against Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl, two far-right operatives who are accused of orchestrating a robocall election misinformation campaign in multiple states ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Investigators whove looked into the robocalls across Michigan, Ohio and New York found that Burkman and Wohl were responsible for about 85,000 robocalls before the 2020 election, which attempted to discourage voters of color from participating.
In Michigan, Burkman and Wohl each face four felony charges for voter intimidation and other violations to state election law.
Michigans Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges against Burkman and Wohl in 2020 with her office reporting the pair made thousands of calls to communities of color including 12,000 calls to residents with a 313 area code, the area code for Detroit, a predominantly Black city.
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/michigan-supreme-court-wont-hear-appeal-in-robocall-election-disinformation-case/