The court cancels the conviction for pro-Trump influencer in the case even 2016

A court of appeal reversed the condemnation of a pro-Trump influencer accused of having spread false information on social media to remove the participation of democratic voters in the 2016 elections, in annulment of conspiracy accusations and a federal prison sentence inflicted by a jury in Brooklyn, New York.

The American Court of Appeal for the 2nd circuit on Wednesday unanimously canceled conviction From Douglass Mackey to accusations of federal conspiracy and referred the case to the American court of the Oriental District of New York to seize a new acquittal judgment.

The unanimous three judges panel said in their decision This “no rational jury” could only have seen Mackey, 36, “knowingly” joined the others in an illegal conspiracy aimed at influencing the outcome of the 2016 elections or depriving people of their right to vote.

“The jury’s verdict and the resulting conviction judgment must be canceled,” wrote the chief judge Debra Ann Livingston.

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The verdict is a victory for MacKey, an self -proclaimed right influencer and self -proclaimed “troll”, which has raised around 58,000 subscribers on Twitter when approaching the 2016 elections.

MacKey, who used the “Ricky Vaughn” handle, used his account to publish false information designed to support the candidate then president Donald TrumpIncluding memes designed to look like Hillary Clinton advertisements who told voters that they could submit their voting ballots by SMS.

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MacKey was sentenced in 2023 for conspiracy and sentenced to seven months in federal prison.

The panel of three judges ruled on Wednesday that MacKey’s publications, including the false memes he published, were not sufficient evidence to prove that he had violated the laws on the American conspiracy, “even assuming that he did it with the intention of injuring other citizens in the exercise of their right to vote,” they said.

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“The government was forced to show that Mackey knowingly concluded an agreement with other people to pursue this objective,” wrote Debra Ann Livingston and judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson. “This is what the government has not done.”

The decision was welcomed by MacKey, who immediately posted on social networks on the verdict.

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“ALLELUIA!” Mackey said on X after the court of appeal on Wednesday. MacKey thanked God, his family, his wife, his lawyers and others who supported him during the trial in the following posts. He then threatened to continue a legal action for his conviction.

“Now we are continuing,” he said.