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BROOKLYN, New York (LifeSiteNews) — A day after a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former U.S. President Donald Trump on criminal charges, a Trump-supporter who created a satirical 2016 meme jokingly encouraging Hillary Clinton supporters to cast their votes via text message was convicted of election interference. The memester now faces up to 10 years in prison.
After a week’s deliberation, a Brooklyn federal jury convicted 33-year-old Florida resident Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” of committing a Conspiracy Against Rights on Friday for creating and sharing the memes ahead of Election Day 2016.
Mackey will be sentenced on August 16 and could spend up to 10 years behind bars.
Friday’s conviction came after Mackey was arrested by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice on January 27, 2021, for allegedly using social media to “Deprive Individuals of Their Right to Vote” in the general election with his memes.
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