Jacob Wohl and John "Jack" Burkman pleaded no contest to a series of felony charges stemming from a scheme targeting Detroit voters ahead of the 2020 election.
The robocalls made a series of false claims about voting by mail, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office.
Two men pleaded no contest to a series of felonies for their roles in a robocall scheme to spread inaccurate information around Detroit leading up to the 2020 election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office announced Friday, Aug. 1.
According to Nessel's office, Jacob Wohl, 27, and John "Jack" Burkman, 59, engaged in a scheme that circulated robocalls to nearly 12,000 residents with Detroit phone numbers in late August 2020. The robocalls made false claims about voting by mail, which was promoted that