Ok - then lets also prosecute the people who called Trump an orangutan. That was also a false statement that may have influenced voters.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/breaking-pro-trump-meme-maker-douglass-mackey-ricky-vaughn-found-guilty-of-trolling-hillary-clinton-during-2016-election-faces-10-years-in-prison/
march 31 2023 Pro-Trump meme maker Douglass Mackey, AKA, Ricky Vaughn, was found guilty for trolling Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
Mackey is facing a maximum of 10 years in prison when sentenced.
“Mackey has been found guilty by a jury of his peers of attempting to deprive individuals from exercising their sacred right to vote for the candidate of their choice in the 2016 Presidential Election,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “Today’
s verdict proves that the defendant’s fraudulent actions crossed a line into criminality and flatly rejects his cynical attempt to use the constitutional right of free speech as a shield for his scheme to subvert the ballot box and suppress the vote.”
According to the unsealed indictment, Mackey conspired with others on Twitter to encourage black people to cast their votes via text message.
The Eastern District of New York said in its indictment that one week before the 2016 election, Mackey tweeted an image of a black woman in front of an “African Americans for President Hillary” sign.
Emblazoned on the picture was the message: “Avoid the Line. Vote from Home. Text ‘Hillary’ to 59925. Vote for Hillary and be a part of history”
According to the complaint, more than 4,900 people ‘cast their vote via text message.’
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