SDNY Judge Adjourns Trial of 2020 Election Robocallers to Dec. 11
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for Southern New York in Manhattan adjourned to Dec .11 from Aug. 7 the jury trial of Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for their roles in the robocall campaign to suppress Black citizens' mail-in votes…
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in the 2020 election, said his signed order Friday (docket 1:20-cv-08668). He also adjourned to Dec. 8 from Aug. 4 the final pretrial conference in the case, said his order. The parties, complying with Marrero’s June 12 order (see 2306130032), wrote the judge Friday, expressing their preference for a Dec. 4 trial date, but he picked Dec. 11 instead. The nine “private” plaintiffs, including eight individual citizens, plus the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, “maintain the objections” they previously asserted opposing adjournment of the Aug. 7 trial, on grounds that they “will suffer prejudice from an adjournment,” Rick Sawyer, special counsel to New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), told the judge in the letter. James’ office “takes no position on those objections,” said Sawyer. Marrero previously granted summary judgment against Wohl and Burkman on the robocall allegations (see 2303090003). the jury trial will decide on the scope of relief sought, including damages, attorneys’ fees and costs.