Man behind Biden robocall indicted

By Guy Page on May 24, 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

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Dean Phillips campaigner faces 13 counts of voter suppression

by Alex Nuti-de Biasi, Journal Opinion

Prosecutors in New Hampshire announced yesterday that Steve Kramer, 54, of New Orleans, has been charged with 13 felony counts of voter suppression and 13 misdemeanor counts of impersonation of a candidate for the robocall message that thousands of New Hampshire residents received in the days before the Presidential Primary in January.

The voice in the recorded message appeared to have been artificially generated to sound like President Biden and urged residents to stay home and “save your vote for the November election.”

The charges are spread across four counties based on the residence of 13 New Hampshire residents who received the Biden Robocalls: Rockingham County (five counts of violating each statute); Belknap County (three counts); Grafton County (three counts); Merrimack County (two counts).

We spoke with a Woodsville resident who received the message and played a recording for us.

“It’s creepy,” said Delores Drew. She was not deterred from voting on Jan. 23. “It was just too weird.” She reported the call to NH DOJ the day after receiving the message, which even utilized one of Biden’s signature phrases:

“Republicans have been trying to push nonpartisan and Democratic voters to participate in their primary. What a bunch of malarkey!”

The FCC has also gotten involved. Kramer faces up to a $6 million FCC fine. A company that helped him distribute the messages faces up to a $2 million FCC fine.

Kramer was an operative for the Dean Phillips campaign. As you may recall, a New Orleans street magician, who rides a motorcycle with a goggles-wearing Dachsund-Chihuahua mix, helped create the deepfake robocall, according to NBC News.