Judge Sets Aug. 7 Trial vs. 2020 Election Robocall Schemers
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for Southern New York in Manhattan scheduled a one-week jury trial to begin Aug. 7 against defendants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for their roles in the threatening and intimidating robocall campaign to suppress Black…
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citizens' mail-in votes in the 2020 election, said his order Friday (docket 1:20-cv-08668). He ordered the parties within a week to submit a joint proposed timeline for all pretrial submissions. Marrero’s August scheduling defied the defendants’ request to delay the trial until January to accommodate a change in counsel (see 2304210033). Marrero previously granted summary judgment against Wohl and Burkman (see 2303090003), and the jury will decide on the scope of relief sought, including damages, attorneys’ fees and costs.