Twitter user convicted for false voting information, not Hillary Clinton memes | Fact check

Douglas Mackey was sentenced for posting what looked like campaign ads on his social media account.

But the ads, which urged people to vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton via social media or text message — both invalid ways to cast a ballot — were fraudulent, prosecutors said. Mackey had posted them to his Twitter account, now known as X, where he had about 58,000 followers at the time.

About 4,900 people fell for the fraud.

Trump supporter sentenced to 7 months after tweeting false voting ads