Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s campaign paid an Illinois man $7,500 after he accused the Democrat lawmaker of violating federal robocalling laws.
Jorge Rojas filed his lawsuit in October 2022 against Pelosi, her campaign committee “Nancy Pelosi for Congress,” and ActBlue LLC for repeatedly sending unsolicited fundraising texts, the complaint states (pdf).
Rojas received the payment of $7,500 marked “settlement” from Pelosi’s congressional campaign in February, according to federal campaign finance disclosures that were made public on April 14 (pdf).
Pelosi’s office did not respond to a request for comment before press time.
Rojas claimed he received 21 texts from Pelosi’s campaign between November 2021 and July 2022, even though he had previously placed himself on the Do Not Call Registry in 2008 to “obtain solitude from invasive and harassing telemarketing calls,” according to the documents….