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Idiot.  He should have been smart enough to know he was going to get additional scrutiny after attacking the president. 

At least he is now accepting responsibility, but I hope he gets prison time. 

'2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
Tuesday, 20 May 2014 01:49 PM
 
A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film condemning President Barack Obama pleaded guilty Tuesday to making illegal campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate in New York.

Dinesh D'Souza, 53, of San Diego, entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan on the day his trial was to begin, admitting he had two close associates each contribute $10,000 to Wendy Long's campaign with the understanding that he would reimburse them.

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"I did reimburse them," D'Souza told U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman. "I knew that causing a campaign contribution to be made in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids. I deeply regret my conduct."

A plea agreement D'Souza signed calls for him not to challenge any sentence within the range of 10 months to 16 months.

His attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said in a statement immediately after the plea that he was hopeful that the judge "will recognize Mr. D'Souza to be a fundamentally honorable man who should not be imprisoned for what was an isolated instance of wrongdoing in an otherwise productive life." Sentencing was set for Sept. 23.

Long, who lost the 2012 election to the Democratic incumbent, Kirsten Gillibrand, was prepared to testify against D'Souza, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen.

Long, a friend of D’Souza’s from their days at the Dartmouth Review in the 1980s, was not a target of the investigation and didn’t know about the illegal donations at the time. She has issued this statement upon learning of D’Souza’s plea:

"I am heartbroken about this. Dinesh has always been a generous man and a loyal friend who has helped many people. There was never a time when he was trying to do anything but help me personally, support my U.S. Senate campaign, and advance the ideals of freedom that we share. The statute that the government has used to target him is unconstitutional.

"When our government criminalizes the very free speech that the First Amendment was written to protect, sends people to prison for simply exercising their constitutional rights, and when government power is wielded like weapon against political enemies, we are all in trouble. There is no corruption here, and this entire episode is a shameful government overreach and a violation of the U.S. Constitution."

D'Souza, who made the documentary "2016: Obama's America," entered the plea a week after the judge turned down his claim that he was selectively prosecuted. Berman said D'Souza had shown the court no evidence that he was targeted.

The government said in court papers that D'Souza faced overwhelming evidence of guilt and "now seizes upon the fact that he is an outspoken critic of the Obama administration as an excuse to avoid the consequences of his actions."

In court, Cohen identified the donors as Tyler Vawser, who worked for D'Souza, and Denise Joseph.

In court papers, the government said D'Souza was living with Joseph and having an extramarital affair with her, although at times she did work for him.

In October 2012, D'Souza resigned as president of The King's College after an evangelical magazine reported that he brought Joseph to a conference in South Carolina where he spoke. D'Souza said at the time that he and his wife had been separated since 2010.

The King's College was located in the Empire State Building before it moved in 2012 to lower Manhattan. It promotes itself as shaping young Christians as future leaders in business, politics, finance and media.

D'Souza is a former policy analyst under President Ronald Reagan and a prolific author known most recently for works critical of Obama.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Conservative-Scholar-Campaign-Finance/2014/05/20/id/572353#ixzz32HxFI6PS

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2014, 02:16:05 PM »
Idiot.  He should have been smart enough to know he was going to get additional scrutiny after attacking the president. 

At least he is now accepting responsibility, but I hope he gets prison time. 

'2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
Tuesday, 20 May 2014 01:49 PM
 
A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film condemning President Barack Obama pleaded guilty Tuesday to making illegal campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate in New York.

Dinesh D'Souza, 53, of San Diego, entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan on the day his trial was to begin, admitting he had two close associates each contribute $10,000 to Wendy Long's campaign with the understanding that he would reimburse them.

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"I did reimburse them," D'Souza told U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman. "I knew that causing a campaign contribution to be made in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids. I deeply regret my conduct."

A plea agreement D'Souza signed calls for him not to challenge any sentence within the range of 10 months to 16 months.

His attorney, Benjamin Brafman, said in a statement immediately after the plea that he was hopeful that the judge "will recognize Mr. D'Souza to be a fundamentally honorable man who should not be imprisoned for what was an isolated instance of wrongdoing in an otherwise productive life." Sentencing was set for Sept. 23.

Long, who lost the 2012 election to the Democratic incumbent, Kirsten Gillibrand, was prepared to testify against D'Souza, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen.

Long, a friend of D’Souza’s from their days at the Dartmouth Review in the 1980s, was not a target of the investigation and didn’t know about the illegal donations at the time. She has issued this statement upon learning of D’Souza’s plea:

"I am heartbroken about this. Dinesh has always been a generous man and a loyal friend who has helped many people. There was never a time when he was trying to do anything but help me personally, support my U.S. Senate campaign, and advance the ideals of freedom that we share. The statute that the government has used to target him is unconstitutional.

"When our government criminalizes the very free speech that the First Amendment was written to protect, sends people to prison for simply exercising their constitutional rights, and when government power is wielded like weapon against political enemies, we are all in trouble. There is no corruption here, and this entire episode is a shameful government overreach and a violation of the U.S. Constitution."

D'Souza, who made the documentary "2016: Obama's America," entered the plea a week after the judge turned down his claim that he was selectively prosecuted. Berman said D'Souza had shown the court no evidence that he was targeted.

The government said in court papers that D'Souza faced overwhelming evidence of guilt and "now seizes upon the fact that he is an outspoken critic of the Obama administration as an excuse to avoid the consequences of his actions."

In court, Cohen identified the donors as Tyler Vawser, who worked for D'Souza, and Denise Joseph.

In court papers, the government said D'Souza was living with Joseph and having an extramarital affair with her, although at times she did work for him.

In October 2012, D'Souza resigned as president of The King's College after an evangelical magazine reported that he brought Joseph to a conference in South Carolina where he spoke. D'Souza said at the time that he and his wife had been separated since 2010.

The King's College was located in the Empire State Building before it moved in 2012 to lower Manhattan. It promotes itself as shaping young Christians as future leaders in business, politics, finance and media.

D'Souza is a former policy analyst under President Ronald Reagan and a prolific author known most recently for works critical of Obama.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Conservative-Scholar-Campaign-Finance/2014/05/20/id/572353#ixzz32HxFI6PS

I'm sure he pleaded guilty in order to get a shorter sentence


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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2014, 02:19:04 PM »
jail?

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2014, 02:35:54 PM »
jail?

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you gotta love the irony

you've been D'Souza's biggest fanboy on this board and you also want Obama in jail and instead it seems possible that D'Souza will be in jail (I think he may get sent home with an ankle bracelet)

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2014, 02:37:01 PM »
you gotta love the irony

you've been D'Souza's biggest fanboy on this board and you also want Obama in jail and instead it seem possible that D'Souza will be in jail (I think he may get sent home with an ankle bracelet)

Obama's treason has cost lives - big difference

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2014, 02:45:28 PM »
Obama's treason has cost lives - big difference

again, stuff that you imagine does not actually count in the real world


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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2014, 04:14:16 PM »
he's an annoying twink but this really sucks for him. It's really not a dishonorable thing to try to help out your friend. Did someone rat him out?
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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2014, 04:40:24 PM »
he's an annoying twink but this really sucks for him. It's really not a dishonorable thing to try to help out your friend. Did someone rat him out?

I'm sure someone was watching him.  That's what makes him such an idiot.  You attack a Chicago politician, you have to know there will be repercussions. 

He needs to spend time in prison just for being an idiot.

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2014, 05:02:27 PM »
You attack a Chicago politician, you have to know there will be repercussions. 


LMAO!

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2014, 05:07:54 PM »
sounds like he knew exactly what he was doing (i.e. breaking the law)

I guess the husband of the woman he was cheating with was not happy about the situation

Isn't there something about adultery in the bible being punishable by death?

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D’Souza’s lawyer said, as recently as last week, his client had no intention of pleading guilty.
But prosecutors have said a recording made secretly by Joseph’s husband suggests otherwise.
Months before D’Souza was arrested, Joseph told her husband D’Souza planned to plead guilty if caught, according to the feds.
He would first plead not guilty because that would allow him “a window of opportunity to his story out there,” Joseph said on the tape, according to prosecutors.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/dinesh-souza-cops-plea-making-illegal-campaign-donations-article-1.1799045#ixzz32ItEf0U9

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2014, 05:23:05 PM »
nowadays, people are getting around this by contributing to smaller races in places like oregon and other small states where their $ makes a bigger impact.

breaking federal law to donate an extra $20k in NY or Cali isn't that impactful.  Donate the $ in a smaller state. 

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2014, 05:53:50 PM »
nowadays, people are getting around this by contributing to smaller races in places like oregon and other small states where their $ makes a bigger impact.

breaking federal law to donate an extra $20k in NY or Cali isn't that impactful.  Donate the $ in a smaller state. 

yeah but his friend wasn't running in those other states

he could have just given the money to a superpac that benefitted her or started his own

turns out the guy is just a moron

wow...didn't see that coming

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2014, 05:54:43 PM »
does he lose credibility on his birther claims now?  I dont think so.

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2014, 05:58:39 PM »
does he lose credibility on his birther claims now?  I dont think so.

No but ya can't go lower than zero, can ya?

I think his face-punchability definitely did go up, though.

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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2014, 05:59:42 PM »
No but ya can't go lower than zero, can ya?

I think his face-punchability definitely did go up, though.
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Re: '2016' Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza Pleads Guilty in Campaign Case
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2014, 07:02:15 PM »
;D

He's no roy hibbert or al gore, but his face certainly is a little annoying.