$1 Million And 9 Years Later, Court Tosses Conviction Of Man Who Tweeted Hillary Meme

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Douglass Mackey, the man sentenced to seven months in federal prison for reposting some Hillary Clinton-themed memes in 2016, told The Federalist it “feels incredible” to learn his conviction has been vacated and he will be acquitted. He was on vacation with his wife and baby and had no idea a decision was coming on Wednesday in his appeal case, which has been languishing in the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit since late 2023.

It is a victory for free speech, and yet another sickening reminder of how, under former President Joe “Autopen” Biden, the Department of Justice (DOJ) spent much of its time going after average citizens for political speech, such as Catholics, Trump supporters, parents at school board meetings, and pro-lifers, as my colleague Brianna Lyman previously reported.

The DOJ charged Mackey in 2021 — five years after he posted the memes — with a post-Civil War era law, Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S. Code § 241), which can lead up to 10 years in prison.

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Court Throws Out Conviction Of Man Sentenced For Clinton Meme

If President Joe Biden's administration was worried about election integrity, silly memes were not the place to look.
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Franklin Pierce said:
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Douglass Mackey, the man sentenced to seven months in federal prison for reposting some Hillary Clinton-themed memes in 2016, told The Federalist it “feels incredible” to learn his conviction has been vacated and he will be acquitted. He was on vacation with his wife and baby and had no idea a decision was coming on Wednesday in his appeal case, which has been languishing in the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit since late 2023.

It is a victory for free speech, and yet another sickening reminder of how, under former President Joe “Autopen” Biden, the Department of Justice (DOJ) spent much of its time going after average citizens for political speech, such as Catholics, Trump supporters, parents at school board meetings, and pro-lifers, as my colleague Brianna Lyman previously reported.

The DOJ charged Mackey in 2021 — five years after he posted the memes — with a post-Civil War era law, Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S. Code § 241), which can lead up to 10 years in prison.

thefederalist.com

Court Throws Out Conviction Of Man Sentenced For Clinton Meme

If President Joe Biden's administration was worried about election integrity, silly memes were not the place to look.
thefederalist.com thefederalist.com
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Wow, I’d be locked up for life with my meme collection.
 
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I wouldn't really call that a meme. It was a misleading tweet & text, but just because an image has words on the internet doesn't make it a meme.

I also don't think that it was bad at all, yet alone worth 10 years in jail. it was a picture of Hilary with text saying that you could vote by text, with the hashtag "MAGA".
 
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This level of spending going after political opponents is more expensive than flags at the WH.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
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Douglass Mackey, the man sentenced to seven months in federal prison for reposting some Hillary Clinton-themed memes in 2016, told The Federalist it “feels incredible” to learn his conviction has been vacated and he will be acquitted. He was on vacation with his wife and baby and had no idea a decision was coming on Wednesday in his appeal case, which has been languishing in the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit since late 2023.

It is a victory for free speech, and yet another sickening reminder of how, under former President Joe “Autopen” Biden, the Department of Justice (DOJ) spent much of its time going after average citizens for political speech, such as Catholics, Trump supporters, parents at school board meetings, and pro-lifers, as my colleague Brianna Lyman previously reported.

The DOJ charged Mackey in 2021 — five years after he posted the memes — with a post-Civil War era law, Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S. Code § 241), which can lead up to 10 years in prison.

thefederalist.com

Court Throws Out Conviction Of Man Sentenced For Clinton Meme

If President Joe Biden's administration was worried about election integrity, silly memes were not the place to look.
thefederalist.com thefederalist.com
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Thats all he did? Nothing more to it?

Not buying it.
 
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LouderVol said:
I wouldn't really call that a meme. It was a misleading tweet & text, but just because an image has words on the internet doesn't make it a meme.

I also don't think that it was bad at all, yet alone worth 10 years in jail. it was a picture of Hilary with text saying that you could vote by text, with the hashtag "MAGA".
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And the hashtag seems to make the joke obvious.
 
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Oh there had to be more, because... you know.... Hillary.... Democrats.... feelz.
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I’m sure there were many people who thought …cool, I can vote by text. There were 10x as many people laughing at the gullible people who fell for it.
They have removed several Hillary videos from the internet…way back machine remebers.
 
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