DETROIT (AP) — Two conservative political operatives were sentenced to probation Monday for a scheme to from voting by mail in the , the last court hearing in a multistate effort to blast thousands of robocalls.

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were accused of creating robocalls that warned people they could be hounded by police, debt collectors and government vaccine bureaucrats if they voted by mail. Authorities said the bogus messages targeted urban areas that typically vote Democratic.

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