CONCORD, N.H. —

A political consultant who sent voters artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden last year went on trial Thursday in New Hampshire, where jurors are being asked to consider not just his guilt or innocence but whether the state actually held its first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

“This case is about a brazen attack on the integrity of the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary election,” Assistant Attorney General Brendan O'Donnell said in opening statements in Belknap County Superior Court.

Steven Kramer, who faces decades in prison if convicted of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate, has admitted orchestrating a message sent to thousands of voters two days before the Jan. 23, 2024, primary. The message played an

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