US says farright activist convicted over 2016 voter suppression scheme Stabroek News

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A social media influencer who once had 58,000 Twitter followers was convicted by a federal jury of election interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race over a voter suppression scheme, the Justice Department said late on Friday. Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted of the charge of conspiracy against rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote, the Justice Department said in a statement. Mackey faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. In 2016, Mackey, 33, established an audience on Twitter with 58,000 followers. A February 2016…