HUGE free speech win today.
In 2016, @DougMackeyCase posted this meme telling Clinton supporters to "vote from home."
The Biden DOJ charged him with election interference—and tried to jail him for sharing a joke online.
But the Second Court just threw out his conviction. 🧵
The backstory: On January 27, 2021—just a few days after taking office—the Biden DOJ charged Mackey with conspiracy to “injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of...the right to vote.”
For sharing a political meme on social media.
While the district court refused to throw out the case, the Second Circuit has thankfully determined that the DOJ never presented sufficient evidence of a "conspiracy" required for conviction.
It’s important that this decade-long witch hunt has ended. Congratulations to @DougMackeyCase for a long-overdue vindication.
But there are still unanswered questions that the current DOJ must look into.
This was clearly a political prosecution—one of many example of the Biden DOJ weaponizing the criminal justice system.
The Biden Administration built the most draconian, chilling censorship machine in U.S. history. I saw it firsthand as AG of Missouri:
These people need to answer for what they did.
The DOJ should investigate who in the Department was responsible for bringing and prosecuting this case and take whatever action is necessary to ensure a miscarriage of justice like this does not happen again.
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