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by rumdonut 1188 days ago
Wonder why this took so long. This was done by an influencer so no way it was under their radar for long?
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Title should have (2021), since the date of the press release is January 27, 2021, i.e. two months after the 2020 election. But it is weird that the alleged crime occurred in the 2016 election. It almost makes you wonder if prosecutors were waiting for the next administration so they could take the case to trial.

I'm not sure why this was posted now, but I think the case is ongoing. I've seen GatewayPundit rant about it a few times but haven't personally followed it. Honestly it seems disproportionate - the government is trying to criminalize shitposting memes.

They charged him days after Biden took office.

Here's an example of the kind of thing Mackey was doing to defraud voters:

https://twitter.com/mskristinawong/status/795999059987173377

This is precisely what Mackey did. My question is why isn't she also being charged, and why this tweet is still up and the account not banned?