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2023-03-12 18:18:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F82C778A4B306674BC7A6549776837809CD5E05851527BCBCABDEF47A4F6244B
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For context, the defendant is charged with spreading false voting instructions in an attempt to suppress voter turnout in the 2016 election, particularly among Black voters, in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act. https://www.lawfareblog.com/justice-department-prosecuting-american-election-interference-2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/nyregion/douglass-mackey-arrested-far-right-twitter.html https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1360816/download
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