GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Republican lobbyists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl have pleaded no contest to charges alleging that they orchestrated a series of robocalls during the 2020 general election that were "aimed at suppressing the vote of predominantly black voters in Detroit," the Michigan Attorney General's Office said.

They both pleaded no contest to four felony charges: one count of bribing/intimidating voters, one count of conspiracy to commit an election law violation, one count of using a computer to commit an election law crime and one count of using a computer to commit the crime of conspiracy. Two of the charges come with penalties of up to seven years in prison. The other two have maximum sentences of five years in prison.

Burkman and Wohl are scheduled to be sentenced on

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