(WWJ) A pair of nationally-known conservative activists have been charged in a robocall scam aimed at suppressing the vote in the November general election.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has charged Jacob Wohl, of California, and Jack Burkman, of Virgina, with four felonies in connection with the calls that went out in late August, to around 12,000 voters in Detroit.
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They warned residents that voting absentee would allow them to be targeted by police, credit card companies and even health departments for mandatory vaccines.
Wohl and Burkman have been behind a series of recent hoaxes, according to authorities, including paying actors to dupe the Washington Post into reporting that there was an FBI raid on Wohl's home, and paying a man to accuse Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttagiej of sexual assault.
