Published on: Thursday, July 10, 2025
Shortly before the 2016 election, self-described Twitter "shitlord" tweets and retweets memes urging supporters of Hillary Clinton to vote by text message. More than four years later, he is criminally indicted for conspiring to injure citizens in the exercise of their right to vote. After four days of deliberation and two Allen charges, he's convicted and sentenced to seven months in prison. Second Circuit: But there was no evidence he actually conspired with anyone, which is, y'know, an element of the crime. Proving association isn’t enough to prove knowing involvement. Reversed and ordered to enter a judgment of acquittal.
The case is United States v. Mackey, 23-7577 (2d Cir. July 9, 2025).