Pelosi Campaign REPORTEDLY Forced Into Settlement…

Have you ever gotten unsolicited robocalls?

According to rules enforced by the FTC and now the FEC, entities that engage in spam-messaging tactics without providing an ‘opt-out’ or ‘unsubscribe’ button are breaking the law.

Additionally, there are hefty fines for entities contacting people who are on the FTC’s do-not-call list.

Last year, the Pelosi campaign allegedly broke those laws by robocalling a Bolingbrook, Illinois resident named Jorge Rojas.

In a lawsuit, Rojas claimed that he received 21 unsolicited text messages from Pelosi’s campaign and numerous calls that he described as harassment.

Rojas eventually filed a motion to dismiss his own lawsuit, but only because the Pelosi campaign reportedly settled with him for the sum of $7,500:

https://t.co/A4CglgwUOL Pelosi Campaign Forced To Pay Settlement For Sending Man ‘Harassing’ Messages: Bad news for the top Dem.

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Conservative Brief writes:

Rojas’s complaint began his complaint stating: “As the Supreme Court has explained, Americans passionately disagree about many things. But they are largely united in their disdain for robocalls.”

Rojas went on to argue in his lawsuit that he “experienced frustration, annoyance, irritation, and a sense that his privacy has been invaded” by the texts from Pelosi’s campaign.

He added that the texts constituted “malicious, intentional, willful, reckless, wanton and negligent disregard” for his rights.

Jorge Rojas sued Nancy Pelosi’s campaign for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by hitting him up w/ 21 “harassing” msgs between November 2021 and July 2022. Pelosi’s campaign chose to pay the Illinois resident $7,500 in a settlement.https://t.co/6nOzPZF0aS

— sen_2019 (@senW_2019) April 18, 2023

NEW — have you ever received a Pelosi fundraising text like this?

An Illinois man who received 21 of them sued Pelosi for $31,500, accusing her of violating anti-robocalling laws.

Her campaign paid him a $7,500 settlement, according to new FEC filings.https://t.co/8I0Jgvesw8 pic.twitter.com/tHNJfMPDVS

— bryan metzger (@metzgov) April 17, 2023

Business Insider explains:

Arguing that the texts constituted “malicious, intentional, willful, reckless, wanton and negligent disregard” for his rights, Rojas sought at least $31,500 in damages from Pelosi’s campaign, including $1,500 for each text received.