When Walter Monk was first building out his telecom empire, he began with Singles Telephone Company, which was pretty much what it sounds like—a hotline for those looking for love to connect by phone. Decades later, in the sort of twist we’ve come to expect in today’s bizarre political climate, his company, based in Arlington, just east of Fort Worth, is being investigated by the Federal Communications Commission over allegations that it made thousands of illegal robocalls. Those calls reportedly used AI voice technology to impersonate President Biden and had him urging New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the upcoming primary election. Thousands of New Hampshire Democrats received the fraudulent robocalls ahead of their January 23 primaries. “Republicans have been trying to push nonpartisan and…
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