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by anonu 1973 days ago
What exactly is the code or law that is being broken here?

Don't get me wrong - guys like this should be shutdown. By who is altogether another debate.

The govt rarely loses when they bring cases like this - so they probably think they have a pretty airtight case. Any background or clarification would be helpful - as both the press release and complaint are scant on details.

EDIT: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241 << this says "2 or more persons" to be a conspiracy.

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> this says "2 or more persons" to be a conspiracy.

And the complaint includes 4 co-conspirators identified by Twitter IDs. Conspiracy doesn't require the other co-conspirators to be charged simultaneously, or at all, it only requires that they exist.

It says right in the complaint:

Title 18, United States Code, Section 241

If you read the complaint, it describes more than one conspirator.