Pelosi campaign awards $7,500 to man who sued for ‘invasive and harassing’ texts
Luke Gentile
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The campaign for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) paid an Illinois man $7,500 after he sued Pelosi for violating a federal robocalling statute.
Jorge Rojas filed a 13-page federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging that Pelosi and her campaign acted in violation of the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act, according to a report.
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The act prohibits robocalling and text messaging citizens who have placed themselves on the National Do Not Call Registry.
“As the Supreme Court has explained, Americans passionately disagree about many things,” the suit read. “But they are largely united in their disdain for robocalls.”
At least 21 texts from the Pelosi campaign were received by Rojas between November 2021 and July 2022 despite the fact that Rojas had placed himself on the Do Not Call Registry in 2008, according to the lawsuit.
Rojas put himself on the registry to “obtain solitude from invasive and harassing telemarketing calls,” and the Pelosi texts made him endure “frustration, annoyance, irritation, and a sense that his privacy has been invaded,” the suit alleged.
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The messages stood in “malicious, intentional, willful, reckless, wanton and negligent disregard” to his rights, and he sought upwards of $31,500 in damages, according to the report.
He moved to dismiss the lawsuit in February, and a federal campaign finance disclosure released Friday revealed he had accepted a $7,500 “settlement” from Pelosi’s congressional campaign.