NEW YORK — A federal jury on Friday convicted pro-Trump troll Douglass Mackey of plotting to trick voters out of casting a ballot during the 2016 presidential election.
The case, which sought to address if any of the toxic stew of internet disinformation during the 2016 election rose to the level of a crime, has been closely watched by anti-extremist groups and right-wing politicians and pundits.
Mackey showed no outward reaction when the verdict was read in Brooklyn Federal Court — but his father, seated in the gallery, heaved a sigh.
