https://news4whites.blogspot.com/2021/01/national-justice-exclusive-lead-fbi.html?m=0

The FBI's arrest of social media influencer Douglass Mackey, aka "Ricky Vaughn," over satirical memes he posted on the internet in 2016 has provoked indignation from the public. The case is a dramatic new escalation in the war on the First Amendment.

According to a complaint filed last week by FBI Special Agent Maegan Rees in the Eastern District of New York, Mackey is accused of a "Conspiracy Against Rights" (18 U.S. Code § 241). The affidavit affirms that memes he tweeted to his followers featuring Taylor Swift in a MAGA hat, along with another picture intended to mock the intelligence of Hillary Clinton voters by claiming they could vote by texting a phone number, constitutes an act of criminal and racially motivated voter suppression.

The text of the law in question states that an offender is guilty if two or more persons conspire to use violence or threats to prevent somebody from voting or exercising other constitutional rights. Special Agent Rees does not establish this, nor does she refer to any specific victim who was prevented from voting by Mackey or his "co-conspirators."

Online sleuths rushed to point out the hypocrisy of this witch hunt. Kristina Wong posted Mackey's meme almost verbatim, except aimed at Trump supporters instead. She is not being investigated, much less prosecuted.