US says far-right activist convicted over 2016 voter suppression scheme

[groundloop]

Source: Reuters

A social media influencer who once had 58,000 Twitter followers was convicted by a federal jury of election interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race over a voter suppression scheme, the Justice Department said late on Friday.

Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted of the charge of conspiracy against rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote, the Justice Department said in a statement. Mackey faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

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Mackey, a Trump supporter, had been charged in 2021 by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, who said he conspired with others to disseminate disinformation on social media and urged people to cast their ballots through invalid means such as text messages.

In one tweet for example, he had featured a picture of an African American woman standing in front of a sign for an unnamed candidate. Next to the image, it said: "Avoid the line. Vote from home."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-says-far-right-activist-convicted-over-2016-voter-suppression-scheme-2023-04-01/

[republianmushroom]

1. good

now we shall see if the punishment fits the crime.

[IronLionZion]

2. a bit pointless to do that in a blue city of a blue state

unless he was trying to influence local elections. Going to jail without delivering any electoral votes to Trump sounds like a MAGA type of plan.

[pecosbob]

3. No different than intentionally putting up signs with an incorrect date or location

[Deminpenn]

4. Good

Maybe a 10 year prison sentence will make other copycatters think twice.

[KS Toronado]

5. Hpoe he gets the full 10 years

[Escurumbele]

6. Brought to you by the party that keeps on giving criminals,

the republican party.

Every day we find out about a new criminal from the red party, the real communist party of the USA. It is no coincidence the republican party's color is red, just like every other communist party in the World, they are true communists, and please do not be confused, communists ARE totalitarians.

[Ligyron]

7. Gee, you almost never hear of a Democrat operative doing this?

Wonder why?

[usaf-vet]

8. Maybe he will figure a way to vote from his prison cell in 2024. Any bets..will his vote be counted?

[ck4829]

9. Kick

[Bengus81]

10. Sentencing coming up on August 16th. Give that POS the full 10 years

Give that asshat the MAX............