YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME.
>> WELCOME BACK, WE WANT TO
RETURN NOW FOR SOME INCREDIBLE
REPORTING.
A STORY YOU HAVE TO SEE TO
BELIEVE.
UP UNTIL TODAY, A MAJOR
MYSTERY.
WHO CREATED THAT BOGUS ROBO
CALL TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE
IN THE PRIMARIES?
IT ENRAGED THE LOCAL ELECTION
OFFICIALS AND IT BECAME THE
MULTISTATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
INVESTIGATION.
NOW REVEALING WHO IS BEHIND THE
CURTAIN.
THE CALL WAS THE WORK OF A
DEMOCRATIC CONSULTANT TO
PROVIDE A RIVAL FOR DEAN PHILLIPS.
PAYING THIS MAN, JOHN CARPENTER,
WHO MADE THE RECORDING USING
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
SOFTWARE.
HE PULLED IT OUT OF HIS HAT IN
LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AND IT
COST HIM ONE DOLLAR.
THE CAMPAIGN CONDEMNED THE
STAFFER THAT PAID FOR THE CALL
AND SAID THEY MIGHT PROCEED
WITH LEGAL ACTION.
JOINING ME NOW IS THE REPORTER
THAT BROKE THIS INCREDIBLE
STORY.
IT’S GREAT TO SEE YOU, ALEX.
WALK US THROUGH YOUR REPORTING.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
A MUSICIAN -- MAGICIAN.
PULLING IT OUT OF THIN AIR.
>> IT IS ONE OF THOSE STRANGER
THAN FICTION STORIES, KRISTIN.
IT ALL STARTED WITH AN
ANONYMOUS EMAIL ABOUT A WEEK
AGO.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE RECEIVE ALL
THE TIME, BUT WE OFTEN IGNORE.
I GOT ON THE PHONE WITH THIS
GUY.
HE WAS CLEARLY ECCENTRIC.
THE MORE HE WAS TALKING, THE
MORE I THOUGHT HE HAD SOMETHING
REAL TO SAY.
HE HAS BEEN MODE TRANSACTIONS,
CALL LOGS AND THE ORIGINAL
AUDIO HE MADE OF THE BIDEN DEEP
FAITH.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER
INDEPENDENT MESSAGES TOO.
THE PEOPLE THAT SAID THAT THEY
PAID HIM.
STEVE KRAMER DID NOT DENY IT
AND HE WILL REVEAL HIS SIDE OF
THE STORY.
I’M HOPING TO INTERVIEW HIM.
ANSWER THOSE ANONYMOUS EMAIL
TIPS THAT COME YOUR WAY.
>> THAT IS A PRETTY REMARKABLE
ONE.
I HAVE TO SAY, IT’S A GREAT
STORY.
THANK YOU FOR PEELING BACK THE
CURTAIN AND TELLING US HOW YOU
ACTUALLY GOT IT.
THE ROBO CALL THAT THEY ARE
CONDEMNING THE WORK OF THE
STAFFER.
>> I HAD BROKEN THE ORIGINAL
STORY BY CALLING ANOTHER
COLLEAGUE AFTER HE REACHED OUT
TO ME.
HE SAID THAT HE HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT HOW THE PERSON YOU PAID
AND WAS WORKING FOR THE
CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN SAID THAT THE
CONTRACTOR WENT ROGUE.
HE WAS PAID $50,000 IN DECEMBER
AND JANUARY.
THAT’S IT.
THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO
KNOWLEDGE.
I HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRADICT
THIS.
IT WAS CERTAINLY A BIG HEADACHE
FOR THE PHILLIPS CAMPAIGN AND
NOT THE WAY THEY WANT TO BE