Conservative Influencer Convicted for 2016 Voter Fraud (Correct)

Right-wing social media influencer Douglass Mackey was convicted in a New York federal court for conspiring to deprive people of the their right to vote in the 2016 presidential election and now faces up to 10 years in jail.

Mackey, who was also known as Ricky Vaughn online, was convicted by a jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York for using social media to prevent people from voting for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

During the 2016 election cycle, Mackey had over 58,000 Twitter followers. Among other things, the conspiracy to which Mackey belonged ...