Court overturns belief in pro-Trump influencers in 2016 meme case

Court of Appeal reverses belief in a pro-Trump influencer accused of spreading false information on social media Suppress the votes of Democratic voters During the 2016 election, a jury in Brooklyn, New York sentenced long conspiracy charges and months of federal prison.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimous on Wednesday / Innocence Douglass Mackey’s federal conspiracy charges and returns the case to a U.S. court in the Eastern District of New York to make a new acquittal.

The unanimous three judges panel In their rulings “Unreasonable Jury” could have found Mackey, 36, joined others in an illegal conspiracy aimed at affecting the outcome of the 2016 election or depriving people of their right to vote.

Chief Justice Debra Ann Livingston wrote: “The jury’s verdict and the resulting conviction must be put on hold.”

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The verdict was a victory for Mackey, a self-proclaimed right-wing influencer and self-proclaimed “Troll” who amassed about 58,000 followers on Twitter during the 2016 election advance.

Mackey, who used the handle “Ricky Vaughn”, used his account to post false information designed to support the then presidential candidate Donald Trumpincluding memes designed to look like Hillary Clinton ads, telling voters that they can submit their votes via text messages.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shook hands after a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on September 26, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Mai Gene conspiracy charges were convicted in 2023 and sentenced to seven months in federal prison.

The three panel of judges ruled Wednesday that McGee’s position, including the false memes he posted, did not have enough evidence to prove that he violated the U.S. conspiracy law, “even assumed that he did so to make the voting rights of other citizens harm other citizens,” they said.

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An early group of voters waited for the Franklin County Election Commission on November 7, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

“The government has an obligation to show that McGee has intentionally reached an agreement with others to achieve this,” wrote Chief Justice Debra Ann Livingston and Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson. “This is something the government has not done.”

The decision was praised by Mackey, who immediately posted information about the verdict on social media.

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“Hallelujah!” McGee said on X after the appeals court ruling on Wednesday. McGee continued to thank God, his family, his wife, lawyers and others who supported him in the subsequent trial. He then threatened to take legal action against his conviction.

“Now we sue,” he said.