Douglass Mackey, who posted under the alias Ricky Vaughn, was convicted in March.
Prosecutors said Douglass Mackey conspired with others to post falsely that supporters of Democrat Hillary Clinton could vote for her by text message or social media post. | Gerald Herbert/APNEW YORK — A right-wing social media influencer was sentenced to seven months in federal prison on Wednesday for spreading falsehoods via Twitter, now known as X, in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election.
Prosecutors said Mackey, who had 58,000 Twitter followers, conspired with others between September and November of 2016 to post falsely that supporters of Democrat Hillary Clinton could vote for her by text message or social media post.
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