“Are you suggesting that there wasn’t even a “smidgeon” of political motivation behind this prosecution?”
No, not at all, partisan politics could very easily be involved.
But this isn’t a case of someone having their rights violated by a Lois Lerner. This isn’t a case of someone who unknowingly violated an obscure rule and who was hounded by a vindictive prosecutor.
Dinesh D’Souza knew from the very start that he was breaking the law. That’s why he tried to hide what he was doing.
Dinesh had worked hard to make himself a high visibility opponent of the Obama regime. A wise person would know to keep his nose clean when he’s playing hardball with the big boys. But not Dinesh D’Souza.
IMO he shares a trait with Obama, he’s self-important and thinks the rules don’t apply to him. Well Obama is in a position where he’s been getting away with it. D’Souza didn’t. D’Souza did some things in his past that inflicted a serious cost on a conservative writer he didn’t like. Karma can be a bitch.
If you are a high profile Republican or a conservative (and they are not the same thing of course) you have to be squeaky clean, if not antiseptic. I’m not saying that D’Souza was innocent but rather making the point that the slightest error in judgment or a moral/legal transgression gets exploited to the max by liberals and their allies in both the media and in the legal system. But for Dems, not so much. They engage in election fraud all the time and get away with it. Its standard operating procedure for them.
Dems are not held to the same standards and more often than not get a free pass. Such incidents are either covered up or we are “informed” by a complicit media that there’s nothing to see here and that we should just move on. The story quickly gets swept off the news pages.
Democrat operatives view conservatives not as political opponents nor do they accord them respect as the loyal opposition. They see them as mortal enemies who must be destroyed. They are experts at vilifying political “threats” and engaging in character assassination. Even if they can’t get something on you, they will fabricate something to cast their enemies in a dastardly and villainous light. Recall that they tried to cast Mitt Romney of being a murderer. They are vicious infighters who play to win at all costs.