Far-right Trump supporter convicted of spreading misinformation and suppressing votes for Clinton on Twitter.

Far-right Twitter influencer Douglass Mackey was found guilty of spreading misinformation to Hillary Clinton supporters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. He was convicted of a single criminal count after prosecutors said he plotted with other Twitter users to create memes intended to trick supporters of Mrs. Clinton into thinking they could cast a ballot by texting a phone number or posting a hashtag on social media. The case involved a rare federal charge and a legal test of free speech on social media.