Case thrown out for “for lack of evidence”? NOT on First Amendment violations?
I find that troublesome.
Woo hoo!!
“Ricky Vaughn” is finally exonerated.
Shadilay!
More winning!
The process is the punishment.
So for everyone who doesn’t remember:
Mackey was prosecuted after sharing a meme during the 2016 election season that joked Hillary Clinton supporters should text in their vote. It was a joke, but Biden’s Department of Justice under Attorney General Merrick Garland accused him of election interference. Despite their claim, they could not provide evidence that anyone had been fooled by the meme into thinking that they should text their vote. This lack of evidence was not concerning to the DOJ, who also suggested that Mackey was racist because of the meme.
fixed it.
May the committee see hard jail time.
“a satirical meme that encouraged Hillary Clinton voters to cast their votes via text in the lead up to the 2016 election.”
Would be interesting to know who was the original judge, and why that judge didn’t consider the lack of proof that Mackey conspired to injure citizens by depriving them of their right to vote, before finding the defendant guilty. These jerks never see consequences for their judicial misconduct.
Here is the Court’s ruling:
https://electionlawblog.org/wp-content/uploads/mackey-2d-circuit-opinion.pdf
Defendant-Appellant Douglass Mackey (“Mackey”) appeals from a
judgment of conviction entered on October 25, 2023 after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Donnelly, J.). Mackey was convicted of conspiring to injure citizens in the exercise of their right to vote in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241 based on three memes he posted or reposted on Twitter shortly before the 2016 presidential election. These memes falsely suggested that supporters of then-candidate Hillary Clinton could vote by text message. On appeal, Mackey argues, inter alia, that the evidence was insufficient to prove that he knowingly agreed to join the charged conspiracy. We agree.
Accordingly, we REVERSE Mackey’s conviction and REMAND the case to the district court with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal.
Fun’s fun, but he could be looking at a $120,000 legal bill.
That the appeals court unanimously threw it out for lack of evidence confirms what we all knew already: New York juries are turd-world banana republic entities who don’t need no steenkin’ evidence to convict people who just happen to vote differently than them.
Trump should have pardoned him on day one.
Comedian Kristina Wong created the same joke targeting Trump supporters and was of course was never prosecuted.
Do not celebrate to soon.
Todays district courts have elevated themselves over the higher courts, even SCOTUS and the President.