A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a right-wing influencer's conviction for spreading misinformation online about ways to vote in the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to stifle Democratic turnout.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit reversed Douglass Mackey's conviction and directed a lower court to enter a judgment of acquittal, after determining that trial evidence failed to prove he joined others in a conspiracy to influence the election.

"The jury’s verdict and the resulting judgment of conviction must be set aside," Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston

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