Douglass Mackey, a right-wing provocateur, was accused of spreading memes that made Hillary Clinton supporters falsely believe they could cast ballots in 2016 via text message.
Source: New York Times
Twitter Troll Tricked 4,900 Democrats in Vote-by-Phone Scheme, U.S. Says
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