Social media 'influencer' charged with spreading 2016 election disinformation.

[populistdriven]

We need more of these arrests! Our russian-influenced president that set the country on fire with words and decrees is temporarily muzzled and still needs to be banned from office. Disinformation from russia didn't end with the occupation of our Capital.

This 'influencer' committed election fraud by using the media to spread disinformation that is dangerous to democracy and freedom. Just words and Free speech? No. Yelling fire in a crowded room isn't. Harming the election is eventually harmful to everyone. Spreading disinformation within our own industry is suicide for America. That path ends in D I S A S T E R not democracy.

POLITICO: Social media 'influencer' charged with spreading 2016 election disinformation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/social-media-influencer-election-disinformation-463170

The charges: The FBI arrested Douglass Mackey, known as “Ricky Vaughn,” on accusations of conspiring to deprive individuals of their right to vote through “coordinated use of social media to spread disinformation,” according to a complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York.

Mackey, according to a 2018 HuffPost report, is a prominent pro-Trump online troll with ties to the white nationalist movement.

How the lies spread: According to the complaint, Mackey and several unnamed co-conspirators sought to stoke confusion about the voting process by claiming on social media that supporters of one of the two major presidential candidates could vote by posting online or texting.

[Budi]

1. Yes. 2016 & Hillary Clinton's candidacy. Vaughn Was In The thick of It.

Link to tweet

His disinformation caused people to believe they were Texting their Vote.
Remember, they only needed to throw a few State's numbers off to affect the EC.

Link to tweet

READ MORE AT ERIC GARLAND'S THREAD ON THIS.

FROM 2018 ~ Vaughn gathered a group of like minds!!

Link to tweet

[populistdriven]

2. I wonder if Trump interfered and delayed this arrest?

If so I hope it will be presented at the Senate trial.

[Budi]

3. Eric Garland twitter link above lists all the charging docs.

Vaughn is in some deep shit & FBI/DOJ has all the docs showing the timeline & how he confused voters to text HRC's vote. Only it was a bullsh*t vote that went nowhere.
The level of fraud & deception is staggering.

Hopefully they can trace it all the way to Trump.
"Russia if you're listening"...they were & Vaughn was ready to thow the vote via mass deception

So pleased to hear that this investigation is dating back to the months right before the 2016 election.

HRC won by 3 milliin votes.
The few EC States called it for Trump.
Didn't he "win" those few Dtates by less than 20,000 votes?
?I forget the #)


Damn right Trump knew.
This guy's reach is straight to the top.

[betsuni]

4. K&R