Thread by @gabrielmalor

Here're the felony complaints against Burkman and Wohl.

michigan.gov/documents/ag/B…

BTW, according to the Michigan AG, she learned during the investigation that similar robocalls were made in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois.

So this may only be the start of Burkman and Wohl's problems.

Here's a transcript of the Burkman/Wohl voter-suppression robocall.

They were clever enough to include their own names.

There are two elements to the election law crime underlying the other counts against Burkman and Wohl.

Prosecution must prove BARD

(1) The defendant attempted, either directly or indirectly, to influence an elector as to the elector's vote in an election in this state; and

(2) The defendant did so by means of menace, or any other corrupt means or device.

Obviously, Burkman and Wohl will raise a First Amendment defense.

Here, the complaint suggests that "presenting false and misleading statements about mail-in voting in a telephone message" is menace and/or corrupt means.

Fun, fun, fun!

We will never know, but I'd love to find out that at some point Burkman looked over at Wohl (or visa versa, I'm not picky) and asked "do you think this is legal?"

There is a federal voter intimidation law, but it hinges on interfering with the right to vote for certain specified federal offices.