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In this. Oct. 8, 2020 image from video provided by the 36th District Court in Detroit, Jacob Wohl, left, and Jack Burkman, shown in the center left photo, are seen during an arraignment being conducted over Zoom in Detroit. The two conservative hoaxers face a record $5.1 million fine for allegedly making illegal robocalls to wireless phones without the owners' consent in the 2020 election. The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2021, that the proposed fine for Wohl, Burkman, and Burkman's lobbying firm would be the largest ever for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. (36th District Court/Zoom via AP Rile) **FILE**

FCC seeks record $5 million fine for conservative operatives over mail-in voting robocall

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this a Clark County election department facility Oct. 31, 2020, file photo, County employees process mail-in ballots in Las Vegas. Nevada lawmakers are considering sending mail-in ballots to all active voters in future elections after passing a law last summer that directed election officials to do so to prevent the coronavirus from spreading at polling places. A legislative committee is scheduled on Thursday, April 1, 2021, to hear a proposal to make the policy permanent. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

New York asks to join lawsuit over voter suppression robocalls as case in Michigan moves forward

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A worker opens a mail-in ballot to prepare it for counting, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the convention center in Lancaster, Pa., following Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Lawyers for hoax robocallers Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman argue Constitution protects false claims

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Conservative operatives plead not guilty to robocall charges

Associated Press

A county worker loads mail-in ballots into a scanner that records the votes at a tabulating area at the Clark County Election Department, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Judge unconvinced GOP operatives Wohl and Burkman complied with correcting mail-in voting robocall

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Lawyers say nearly 30K recipients of bogus mail-in voting robocall notified of fake claims

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

2 conservative hoaxers charged in Ohio for robocalls

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

A portion of a Washington state mail-in ballot is shown with instructions for marking voter choices, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman charged in Ohio with fraud and bribery over mail-in voting robocall

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Bond set at $100K for 2 activists charged in robocall case

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel addresses the media during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Jacob Wohl, 22, and Jack Burkman, 54, two notorious conservative operatives were charged Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S. cities from voting by mail, Michigan's attorney general announced. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

A sample of a vote-by-mail ballot is shown at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Doral, Fla. The department mailed out more than 530,000 vote-by-mail ballots Thursday to voters that requested them for the Nov. 3 general election. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, GOP activists, charged over robocall discouraging mail-in voting

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 5, 2020 file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Benson and Michigan's attorney general on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 say they are investigating a racist robocall that falsely warns residents in majority-Black Detroit who vote by mail that they could be subject to arrest and debt collection. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Michigan officials decry robocall that dissuades mail voting

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

A Metropolitan Police Department car blocks the road near the Washington Monument in an effort to discourage crowds from visiting the cherry blossom trees in full bloom, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Activists say they will protest coronavirus restrictions by rallying on National Mall in D.C.

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Mark Tolson, former FBI analyst, sentenced for accessing emails of conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, from South Bend, Ind.,, listens during a lunch meeting with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton at Sylvia's Restaurant in Harlem neighborhood of New York. Buttigieg is making a new, concerted effort to appeal to African American voters and put behind him criticism of his record on race. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Pool)

Hunter Kelly says Pete Buttigieg rape claim was Trump backers idea

By Ryan J. Foley - Associated Press

Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., streaks past the FBI headquarters building on Nov. 1, 2017. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jack Burkman, D.C. lobbyist, offers $25K for evidence of FBI wrongdoing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Deputy Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, center, departs federal court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rick Gates, indicted former Trump aide, under fire over fundraiser video

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times