Florida social media influencer faces charges for voter disinformation campaign in 2016 election Douglass Mackey, 31, arrested Wednesday morning A Palm Beach County man has been criminally charged after he used social media to try to influence voters in the 2016 presidential election, federal court documents allege. By: WPTV Staff and last updated 2021-01-27 22:51:39-05 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â A prominent Twitter troll from 2016 whose accounts were suspended by the social media platform has been charged in federal court with knowingly spreading disinformation in the wake of the 2016 presidential election in an attempt to influence voters' behaviors, according to court records. Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, made an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart in West Palm Beach on Wednesday morning. The complaint and affidavit in support of an arrest warrant was filed under seal in the Eastern District of New York. Mackey was a resident of New York at the time.