- An Illinois man has sued Nancy Pelosi’s campaign for more than $31,500 over unwanted fundraising emails.
- Campaign appears to have settled with the man out of court, paying $7,500.
- The man accused the former chairman of the House campaign of violating anti-robocall laws.
An Illinois man became $7,500 richer after he accused Nancy Pelosi of violating federal robocall laws.
In October 2022, Jorge Rojas, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, filed a 13-page lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging that the former Speaker of the House and her campaign violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. accused of being
The law, which we know applies to text messages in addition to calls, applies restrictions on robocalls and requires telemarketers not to contact individuals on do-not-call registers. increase.
“As the Supreme Court has explained, Americans vehemently disagree on many things,” read the opening to Rojas’ complaint. doing.”
The lawsuit alleges that Rojas was killed by Pelosi from November 2021 to July 2022, despite being on the register in 2008 for “getting solitude from invasive and harassing telemarketing calls.” We received 21 texts from the campaign.
He went on to claim that the text “experienced frustration, irritation, irritation, and a sense that his privacy had been violated.”
Rojas claimed the texts constituted a “malicious, willful, willful, reckless, capricious and negligent disregard” of his rights, including $1,500 for each text received. It sought at least $31,500 in damages from Pelosi’s campaign.
However, a few months later, on February 22nd, Rojas moved to dismiss the lawsuit against Pelosi.
and according to Federal Election Fund Disclosure The dismissal came after Rojas received a $7,500 payment marked “settlement” from Pelosi’s congressional campaign, as was made public on Friday.
The Rojas and Pelosi campaign did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment.
Fundraising texts sent in Pelosi’s name have gained a certain level of notoriety and notoriety in recent years.
Read the headline “Why won’t Nancy Pelosi stop emailing me?” A recent column in the Los Angeles Times In it, the author expressed displeasure with the increasingly exaggerated tone of the campaign’s solicitations in general.
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Rojas said in the lawsuit that some of the fundraising texts it received, including those that took advantage of the retirements of numerous Republicans, including Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, and Rep. Richard Shelby. was even printed verbatim. of Alabama.