A federal appellate court suspended the seven-month federal prison sentence Douglass Mackey received in October for posting a joke meme that insulted Hillary Clinton. One meme had a photo of a black woman telling people to vote for Hilary Clinton via text messaging in 2016.
The Left criminalized joke memes.
“The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just overruled the District Court in granting our motion for bond pending appeal,” Mackey announced in an X post-Monday. “This ruling is huge because it means that the appeals court decided that my appeal presents ‘substantial’ and ‘debatable’ issues of law that, if resolved in my favor, will result in my conviction being vacated.”
Mackey posted the full motion order “granting motion for release pending appeal, at docket entry 16 Mackey’s surrender date is stayed. The District Court is ordered to determine the appropriate terms of release, without prejudice to the government’s making a future request […]
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