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 66. On or about July 12, 2016, Defendants and their eo-eonspirators created and purchased Facebook advertisements for the “Down With Hillary” rally in New York. 67. On or about July 23, 2016, Defendants and their co-eonspirators used the email address of a false U.S. persona, joshmilton024@gmail.eom, to send out press releases to over thirty media outlets promoting the “Down With Hillary" rally at Trump Tower in New York City. 68. On or about July 28, 2016, Defendants and their eo-conspirators posted a series of tweets through the false U.S. persona account @March_for_Trump stating that “[w]e’re currently planning a series of rallies across the state of Florida” and seeking volunteers to assist. 69. On or about August 2, 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators used the false U.S. persona “Matt Skiber” Facebook account to send a private message to a real Facebook account. “Florida for Trump," set up to assist then-candidate Trump in the state of Florida In the ﬁrst message, Defendants and their co-conspirators wrote:

Hi there! I’m a member of Being Patriotic online community. Listen,

we’ve got an idea Florida is still a purple state and we need to paint

it red. If we lose Florida, we lose America. We can’t let it happen,

right? What about organizing a YUGE pm-Trump ﬂash mob in

every Florida town? We are currently reaching out to local activists

and we’ve got the folks who are okay to be in charge of organizing

their events almost everywhere in FL. However, we still need your

support. What do you think about that? Are you in? 70. On or about August 2, 2016, and August 3, 2016, Defendants and their co-conspirators, through the use of a stolen identity of a real US. person, T.W., sent emails to certain grassroots groups located in Florida that stated in part:

My name is [T.W.] and I represent a conservative patriot community

named as “Being Patriotic.”. . . So we’re gonna organize a flash

mob across Florida to support Mr. Trump. We clearly understand

that the elections winner will be predestined by purple states. And

we must win Florida. . . . We got a lot of volunteers in ~25 locations and it’ 3 just the beginning. We’re currently choosing venues for each

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