Wasn't his father David also involved? This guy is cut from the same cloth as the Project Veritas guy. Aspiring to be Roger Stone. Sad!
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.
Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez said the men also agreed to pay the maximum fine of $2,500 as part of the plea deal. Prosecutors dismissed 14 counts of telecommunications and bribery as part of the deal.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John Sutula set sentencing for Nov. 29. He allowed Wohl and Burkman to attend the hearing via Zoom.
Wohl, Burkman and their attorneys declined to answer questions from reporters after the hearing.
Wohl and Burkman gained national profiles after holding several press conferences to levy false accusations against prominent Democrats and Republicans critical of former President Donald Trump.
Their schemes included accusing former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and Robert Mueller, the former FBI Director and Special Counsel in the investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, of sexual assault and harassment charges that were quickly debunked.
Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months before the November 2020 election pleaded guilty on Monday to a felony charge.
Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Virginia, face a maximum of a year in prison after they pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of telecommunications fraud.
Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor James Gutierrez said the men also agreed to pay the maximum fine of $2,500 as part of the plea deal. Prosecutors dismissed 14 counts of telecommunications and bribery as part of the deal.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John Sutula set sentencing for Nov. 29. He allowed Wohl and Burkman to attend the hearing via Zoom.
Wohl, Burkman and their attorneys declined to answer questions from reporters after the hearing.
Wohl and Burkman gained national profiles after holding several press conferences to levy false accusations against prominent Democrats and Republicans critical of former President Donald Trump.
Their schemes included accusing former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and Robert Mueller, the former FBI Director and Special Counsel in the investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, of sexual assault and harassment charges that were quickly debunked.
