“It’s our turn as Indigenous people ... to make decisions in this country,” he said in the lead up to
. The message played an AI-generated voice similar to the Democratic president’s that used his phrase “What a bunch of malarkey” and suggested that voting in the primary would preclude voters from casting ballots in November.“It’s important that you save your vote for the November election,” voters were told. “Your votes make a difference in November, not this Tuesday.”
Kramer, who owns a firm specializing in get-out-the-vote projects, has said he wasn’t trying to influence the outcome of the primary election but rather wanted toabout the potential dangers of AI when he paidand self-described “digital nomad” $150 to create the recording.
“Maybe I’m a villain today, but I think in the end we get a better country and better democracy because of what I’ve done, deliberately,” Kramer told The Associated Press in February 2024.Ahead of the trial in Belknap County Superior Court, state prosecutors sought to prevent Kramer from arguing that the primary was a meaningless straw poll because it wasn’t sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee. At Biden’s request,
from its traditional early spot in the nominating calendar, but later dropped its threat not to seat the state’s national convention delegates. Biden did not put his name on the ballot or campaign there, but won as a write-in.
The state argued that such evidence was irrelevant and would risk confusing jurors, but Judge Elizabeth Leonard denied the motion in March, saying the DNC’s actions and Kramer’s understanding of them were relevant to his motive and intent in sending the calls. She did grant the prosecution’s request that the court accept as fact that the state held its presidential primary election as defined by law on Jan. 23, 2024. Jurors will be informed of that conclusion but won’t be required to accept it.ante la presión pública que levantó la controversia de su detención.
Con la orden judicial de enviarla a prisión provisional, está previsto que la mujer sea trasladada a una de las cárceles del país.La abogada y su defensa han negado los cargos que le atribuye la fiscalía y que se derivan de su etapa como asesora de un exfuncionario del del anterior gobierno de Salvador Sánchez Cerén (2014-2019): Eugenio
y está procesado por enriquecimiento ilícito.La fiscalía acusa a López de, supuestamente, haber colaborado en la “sustracción de fondos de las arcas del Estado” mientras trabajaba como asesora de Chicas.