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Seems like this should fall under 18 U.S. Code § 912 - Officer or employee of the United States
It would hinge on whether or not the company could be said to have obtained a "thing of value(PDF)" which if you read the linked PDF you'll see is a complicated question. This passage from the PDF seems relevant to me.
I would say that gaining the benefit of influencing the outcome of an election should be considered a thing of value for this purpose. If the authorities do not come down hard on this behavior then there is no reason for the billionaire class not to bury every election in false and misleading robocalls that seem to come from reliable and trusted sources.
This is about pretending to be an officer of the US and getting something because of the office, not pretending to be someone who happens to be an officer of the US and acting in their private capacity. Impersonating a police officer and telling people it's illegal to vote is a special crime, impersonating Joe, who happens to work as a police officer, and telling his Facebook friends it's a waste of time to vote is not.
I agree with your reasoning, but wouldn't this still allow for faking candidates who are not currently in office? We should, if we don't already, have laws to protect the interest of the public in having reliable information.
I agree with you 100%. We really do need laws require some sort of political truth in advertising.