Magic!

With these hands I can make a spoon bend.

The New Hampshire Attorney General is investigating a robocall that had an artificial intelligence voice of President Joe Biden telling New Hampshire Democrats to skip the primary.

Biden was not on the ballot but ended up winning in a write-in campaign. The win does not count but it shows that the Democrats are backing the president despite concerns sparked by the junk food media. 

Democratic National Committee and its chairman Jaime Harrison said the official primary will be in South Carolina. 

Marianne Williamson and Dean Phillips challenged the decision and fought to be on the New Hampshire primary ballot. Williamson since dropped out.

Now it appears that a former Phillips campaign adviser may have paid a New Orleans magician to do the AI voice and encourage voter interference. Phillips is still in the rac and he is polling at 12%. Thus, he is still a threat to Biden. 

He even considered a "unity ticket" with former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.

Now it appears the magician is under federal watch and he is throwing everyone under the bus.

Paul Carpenter says he was hired in January by Steve Kramer — who has worked on ballot access for Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips — to use AI software to make the imitation of Biden’s voice urging New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the state’s presidential primary. 

“I created the audio used in the robocall. I did not distribute it,” Carpenter said in an interview in New Orleans, where he is currently residing. “I was in a situation where someone offered me some money to do something, and I did it. There was no malicious intent. I didn’t know how it was going to be distributed.”

Carpenter — who holds world records in fork-bending and straitjacket escapes, but has no fixed address — showed NBC News how he created the fake Biden audio and said he came forward because he regrets his involvement in the ordeal and wants to warn people about how easy it is to use AI to mislead.

Creating the fake audio took less than 20 minutes and cost only $1, he said, for which he was paid $150, according to Venmo payments from Kramer and his father, Bruce Kramer, that he shared.

“It’s so scary that it’s this easy to do,” Carpenter said. “People aren’t ready for it.”

Carpenter shared what he says is the original audio file created with Eleven Labs that appears to be a complete and higher quality version of the recording of the call NBC News previously reported.

This campaign is dead. Dean Phillips too stupid to realize it.

The robocall has drawn intense attention from New Hampshire and federal law enforcement officials for possibly violating state voter suppression and federal telecom laws. Officials have mentioned the name of a Dallas company that was used to place the automatic phone calls to voters ahead of the state’s primary and have vowed to investigate, citing a desire to make an example of those involved in the first known example of an AI-generated deepfake being deployed maliciously in an American political campaign. Authorities have not named Carpenter or Steve Kramer as targets of their investigation.

After publication, a spokesperson for New Hampshire's attorney general declined to comment, but said, "Our investigation remains active and ongoing."

They said Kramer is a political operative having worked for dozens of campaigns over 20 years including the 2020 presidential campaign of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

Steve Kramer initially did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Days later, he said he would wait to speak on the matter until he publishes an opinion piece on Saturday. "My op-Ed will explain all," he said in a text.

The Phillips campaign and the candidate himself expressed outrage when asked about Steve Kramer’s alleged involvement, saying they will never work with him again and may pursue legal action if the allegations are confirmed.

"I’m disgusted that a consultant hired to assist my campaign w/ballot access is alleged to have faked a robocall impersonating Joe Biden," Phillips tweeted Friday after this story was published. "While I don’t know the person, such behavior is despicable and I trust will be investigated by authorities."

"It’s also despicable that the Party actively limits access to state ballots and blackballs reputable consultants who would otherwise work with challengers like me. The corruption in politics is pervasive and must be exposed and addressed," he added.

NBC News has seen no evidence that the campaign directed Steve Kramer to produce or disseminate the robocall.