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'Pardon Brokers' Pitch $300K Route to Trump Clemency as Hidden Camera Captures White House Access Push

A CBS News investigation filmed self-styled pardon brokers offering a $300,000 campaign to promote a convicted felon's clemency case to Donald Trump, amid disputed claims about access and refunds.

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60 Minutes Hidden Camera Captures $300K Trump Pardon Broker Pitch To Convicted Felon

A CBS News hidden-camera investigation alleges that lobbyists offered to secure a presidential pardon for $300,000, highlighting a growing and largely unregulated clemency market.

International Business Times UK

MAGA influencer class breaks White House

Republicans are now paying the price for a government run by clout chasers

Salon

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Rapper claims he paid $600,000 for presidential pardon that never came

MAGA supporters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are being sued for $300,000 in the case

The Independent UK

US rapper Boosie seeks $300,000 refund after failed Trump pardon bid

Rapper reportedly paid $600,000 to push for president’s pardon but firm says no partial refund promised

The Guardian - US

Boosie Badazz Paid MAGA Operative $600K for a Trump Pardon They Never Delivered

Rapper Boosie Badazz is in a legal battle to recover $300K from lobbyists after spending $600K on a failed attempt to secure a Trump pardon for a federal gun charge.

International Business Times UK

2 conservative operatives get probation for robocalls to discourage Black Detroit voters in 2020

Two conservative political operatives have been sentenced to probation a scheme to discourage Black Detroit voters from voting by mail in the 2020 presidential election

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MAGA activists to pay $1 million penalty

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman agreed to pay up to $1.25 million for carrying out a voter suppression campaign in 2020

Salon

Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 election

The Guardian - US

AI could make disinfo more sophisticated

AI tools could make right-wing schemes using "phony" groups and "Black-sounding names" even more prevalent

Salon

Judge: Jacob Wohl violated KKK Act

Wohl and Jack Burkman's scheme sought to “deter Black voters by exploiting fears and stereotypes," judge says

Salon

Conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl tried to trick Black New Yorkers out of voting, judge rules

Tactics found to have violated the KKK Act

The Independent UK

They ran a voter suppression scheme. Now they're sentenced to register voters

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman robocalled roughly 85,000 voters across five states, falsely telling them that voting by mail would risk "giving your private information to the man."

WEKU

Rightwing election robocall fraudsters must spend 500 hours registering voters

Jacob Wohl, 24, and Jack Burkman, 56, targeted Black voters with phony telephone messages before 2020 election

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Wohl to register voters over racist hoax

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to intimidate Black voters out of casting mail-in ballots in the 2020 election

Axios

2 right-wing activists plead guilty in hoax 2020 election robocall scheme

Prosecutors in Ohio said false pre-recorded messages warned thousands of minority voters against voting by mail.

The Independent UK

Conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl pleads guilty to felony over 2020 election robocalls

Right-wing activist faces up to one year in prison when sentenced next month

The Independent UK

2 conservatives accused in hoax robocall scheme plead guilty

Two right-wing operatives have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud for having placed thousands of hoax robocalls in Ohio during the runup to the 2020 general election

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The Independent UK

Outside the Supreme Court, pro-choice and anti-abortion activists are having some surprising conversations

Stand-offs, shouting matches and civilised conversations between protesters are all happening in DC, writes Holly Baxter

The Independent UK

Far-right agitator Jacob Wohl crashes pro-choice protest, telling women they ‘belong in the kitchen’

The conspiracy theorist faces a $5m fine from the FCC for attempting to intimidate Black voters with disinformation during the 2020 election

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