Douglass Mackey, the social media influencer who was sentenced to prison for posting an anti-Hillary Clinton meme, had his conviction overturned. The post Man Sentenced to Prison for Hillary Clinton Meme Has Conviction Overturned in Court of Appeals first appeared on Mediaite.

A federal appeals court has overturned a self-styled right-wing propagandist’s conviction for spreading falsehoods on social media in an effort to suppress Democratic turnout in the 2016 presidential election.

Douglass Mackey’s posts in 2016 falsely advertised text voting for Hillary Clinton. Appeals court judges said prosecutors had not shown that his actions were part of a conspiracy.