Some new reporting now from CNN'
Donald Trump
and one of his sons
have been defending
a former social media influencer
who has a history of posting
some of the most offensive racis
and anti-Semitic tweets
we have ever seen.
CNN's Andrew Kaczynski
dug deep into this one. Andrew.
Great work, as always. What did
Yeah, that's right.
Both Donald Trump
and Donald Trump
Jr have been defending and prais
with a history of racist
and anti-Semitic tweets who was
in March
of interfering in the 2016 elect
His name is Douglas Mackey.
He went by the pseudonym
Ricky Vaughan on Twitter.
That's where he posted this meme
which prosecutors said suggested
people vote for Hillary Clinton
They say at least 44,900 people
texted this number.
Now, Mackey
and the Trumps have sort of clai
this is a joke
that no reasonable person would
But prosecutors allege
this is part of a much more sini
to deprive people of their right
He was convicted in March.
He was sentenced in October.
He's currently out
on while his appeal goes
through the justice system.
Let's flash forward to today.
And Donald Trump is claiming
this is an example of Joe Biden'
Justice Department
going after his supporters
for attacking their free speech.
Take a listen to this.
Crooked Joe and
his henchmen
have tried to shut down
free speech
with a massive government
censorship operation
to silence their critics.
They are putting Douglas McKay i
for sharing a
jokey meme
about Hillary Clinton seven year
Nobody ever heard of anything li
And Andrew,
there's more to it
than just the text of its game,
Mackey was notorious for posting
anti-Semitic and these offensive
racist beams. What can you tell
Yeah, that's right.
And what's so interesting is
he was prosecuted
or investigated
by Trump's own Justice Departmen
He was charged just one week int
new administration
and the content
that he shared on his Twitter ac
with some of the most racist,
anti-Semitic content that we've
We can't even show
really any of it on air
because it's so offensive.
He regularly used the N-word
where he called black people fer
He shared anti-Semitic
propaganda that was reminiscent
of Nazi Germany there was a post
where he joked
about having a cake baked that s
the Jews
using a slur
with the symbol for Heil Hitler.
And take a look at this tweet ri
This is, again,
one of the only ones
that we can show on air
where he says
that the Jews
that the Jews fear
that Donald Trump is Hitler
because they have known
they have done great evil in Ame
They fear justice will be done.
He wrote that in December.
20, 15
and it's not like this
stuff was hidden, Jim.
This is why this account was pop
This was everything
that was really on his feed
day in and day out
when we were looking through it.
So now that you've heard
and seen some of that stuff.
Take a listen to what Donald Tru
Said about him. When he had
ricky von douglas
mackie on his podcast earlier th
You had an awesome account.
It may be my favorite
Twitter account of all time.
I'll get in trouble for saying t
because I was like, oh,
he said something once
that you must disavow it.
Like it was hilarious.
Like,
again, like I said,
maybe the best of all time.
But how did you get into
the idea of that account?
How were you able to grow such a
following that
that put
you on the radar of these people
So we reached out to Mackey's at
and we also reached out to the T
We didn't hear back from them.
Mackey's attorney tells us
that he regrets the tone
and substance of these posts.
He said they don't reflect
his current view or the person
he's been the last several years
But they did tell us that he is
that Trump
and his son
and thousands across
the political spectrum
have rallied to his case,
which they say is an important
issue
about protecting
the First Amendment rights
of all Americans.
Gosh, just awful, awful stuff.
All right.
Birds of a feather, I guess.
Andrew Kozinski,
thank you very much for that rep
We appreciate it.