FCC Proposes $5 Million Fine For Election Robo-Calls
Right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been under investigation due to alleged robo-calls made before the 2020 election. Their goal was to discourage voters, specially the ones that where going to vote by mail. On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission suggested a $5 million fine against the duo. The pair is facing criminal charges of voter suppression on top of a federal lawsuit in New York, which accuses them of making 85,000 robocalls targeting Black Americans that intended to vote by mail. The FCC argues that Wohl and Burkman made over a thousand pre-recorded calls to cellphone without authorization, which constitutes a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Said messages said that mail-in voters were going to be added to a database used by the police to track old warrants and be shared with credit card companies to collect debts. Wohl and Burkman are expected to reply to the accusations before the FCC votes to decide the final fine. Jack Burkman...