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Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference Stemming from Voter Disinformation Campaign
Department of Justice ^ | 1/27/2021 | Office of Public Affairs

Posted on 01/27/2021 9:04:44 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

A Florida man was arrested this morning on charges of conspiring with others in advance of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to use various social media platforms to disseminate misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote.

Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, 31, of West Palm Beach, was charged by criminal complaint in the Eastern District of New York. He was taken into custody this morning in West Palm Beach and made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce E. Reinhart of the Southern District of Florida.

“According to the allegations in the complaint, the defendant exploited a social media platform to infringe one the of most basic and sacred rights guaranteed by the Constitution: the right to vote,” said Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This complaint underscores the department’s commitment to investigating and prosecuting those who would undermine citizens’ voting rights.”

“There is no place in public discourse for lies and misinformation to defraud citizens of their right to vote,” said Seth D. DuCharme, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “With Mackey’s arrest, we serve notice that those who would subvert the democratic process in this manner cannot rely on the cloak of Internet anonymity to evade responsibility for their crimes. They will be investigated, caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; doj; fbi; florida; policestate
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To: Meatspace

Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn May not be convinced by the federal prosecutor but there is a good chance his will be bankrupted.

Their goal is not to convict but to destroy.

And they use your tax dollars.
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Twitter most likely turned this guy in as well.

PLEASE EVERYONE..DROP TWITTER.


41 posted on 01/28/2021 1:05:51 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: Williams

right? what of all the LIES that were Russian collusion, but then again the FBI was in on that by lying to a judge to get a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign.

Unbelievable.


42 posted on 01/28/2021 1:11:09 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

I am not sure. I vaguely remember some Democratic youth doing something similar and being proud of it. Can somebody refresh my memory?


43 posted on 01/28/2021 2:47:33 AM PST by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Mackey was arrested for telling a lie? What about politicians? They don’t risk arrest for all their lies?


44 posted on 01/28/2021 4:12:21 AM PST by abclily
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To: patriot torch
This reminds me when comrade obama developed the brownshirt website calling all comrades to turn in their neighbors if they hear untruths about obamacare.

Of course. Who do you think is running the "Biden administration"? Aneurysm Joe the dotard? Nope, it's the crowd at Barry's DC crib.

45 posted on 01/28/2021 4:15:03 AM PST by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: glasseye
-- Another reason to hate New York. --

Heheheh. This is a federal case too. DC is NY on steroids.

46 posted on 01/28/2021 4:17:13 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Zeddicus

Meanwhile Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah show “The Daily Show” employees new york based “political correspondent” Dulce Sloan.
This disgusting critter grew up in Atlanta and is still registered to vote even though she has lived for 4 years in NYC.
You must be a PERMANENT resident to vote in GA (of course active Military is excepted)
She has posted on her instagram about her absentee voting in georgia going back to 2018.
She’s registered in stone mountain where she owns a cheap little vacation cabin that she rents to family. She lives full time in astoria queens. Clever.
GA SOS’s office was alerted to her fraud numerous times in November 2020.
Crickets.
So much dumb and easy to find fraud by people using LIVING eledrly for their votes (see MI)
Mentally handicapped in group homes (see TX and PA)
And in addition to dulce, so many other people from atlanta
continue to vote after movign out of state.
But go after memes from 2016? Wow, just wow.


47 posted on 01/28/2021 4:38:40 AM PST by MurumAariesAttigit
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To: MurumAariesAttigit
But go after memes from 2016?

Meme? What was that word ?

Surreal. Actual fraud is given a wink and a nod while shi* posting on the web is a crime.

48 posted on 01/28/2021 4:53:12 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: BiglyCommentary

I guess you are happy with the election results. Good for you. I don’t know why you are cool with it.


49 posted on 01/28/2021 5:03:49 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: napscoordinator
I guess you are happy with the election results.

And how on earth did you "guess" that, just because I think this particular prosecution is a total sham?

I'm "guessing" that you think Biden's DOJ should go after all Trump's supporters with absurd charges.

50 posted on 01/28/2021 5:14:25 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Doj/fbi had legions of leftists just chomping at the bit for Trump to be gone...

So they could flip the switch and roll out the revenge prosecutions.

This will get tossed. No one was completed to visit this dudes site, and people could do their own research to disprove this guy’s comments...

But remember the leftists use process as punishment...


51 posted on 01/28/2021 5:47:41 AM PST by pacificus
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To: pacificus
No one was completed to visit this dudes site

I think you meant "compelled." Spell checker?

52 posted on 01/28/2021 6:16:08 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: glasseye
Ridicule is the mightiest of all weapons...

Absolutely true, and they want us to be disarmed.

53 posted on 01/28/2021 7:22:51 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: napscoordinator
This guy sent out an email telling people to vote online. He even provided directions. This is more then just saying don’t vote. Around 160,000 voted this way which obviously were not counted. It could have changed the outcome of the election. Still think he’s a great guy?

Yes. Anyone dumb enough to have taken that joke seriously shouldn't be voting.

54 posted on 01/28/2021 7:28:33 AM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: napscoordinator

If you are good with this guy being arrested then FR is no place for you.


55 posted on 01/28/2021 7:46:42 AM PST by ohioman
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Auto correct... usually makes things... incorrect.


56 posted on 01/28/2021 7:46:58 AM PST by pacificus
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To: pacificus
Auto correct... usually makes things... incorrect

I think you are correct about that.

57 posted on 01/28/2021 9:36:40 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: pacificus; Chode; DoughtyOne

More “Biden” EOs are on the way as soon as they translate them from Chinese....


58 posted on 01/28/2021 9:45:06 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

From 2016 election campaign activity? Gosh, what about voter intimidation in Philadelphia? That was foot-dragged by GWB’s regime, and dropped as soon as Zero entered office.


59 posted on 01/28/2021 10:57:45 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Not to mention 2016 election interference from the FBI and 2020 election cheating.


60 posted on 01/28/2021 12:17:07 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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