Posted on 01/23/2014 3:57:47 PM PST by CincyRichieRich
(Reuters) - Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative commentator and best-selling author, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for arranging excessive campaign contributions to a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
According to an indictment made public on Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, D'Souza around August 2012 reimbursed people who he had directed to contribute $20,000 to the candidate's campaign. The candidate was not named in the indictment.
Attempts to reach D'Souza and a lawyer representing him were unsuccessful.
D'Souza was charged in the indictment with one count of making illegal contributions in the names of others, and one count of causing false statements to be made.
Federal law in 2012 limited primary and general election campaign contributions to $2,500 each, for a total of $5,000, from any individual to any one candidate.
"As we have long said, this Office and the FBI take a zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process," the U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, Preet Bharara, said in a statement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Bharara is an Obama appointee.
Born in Mumbai, India, D'Souza, 52, is a former policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan, and has been affiliated with conservative organizations such as the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
He also directed a 2012 film critical of President Barack Obama, "2016: Obama's America," and has written books including "The End of Racism," "Life After Death: The Evidence" and "Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream."
D'Souza campaigned in 2012 on behalf of Wendy Long, a lawyer and Republican who sought to unseat Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand as New York's junior senator. Long graduated from Dartmouth College in 1982, a year before D'Souza.
Long could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
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I haven't seen D'Souza on the talk show circuit lately...this explains a lot!
I would just say, IMHO, that meeting one's spouse's needs is important, but it works both ways, doesn't it? and characterizing the younger woman in question as a "nubile young groupie" is perhaps a biased description?
IF this change of relationships was done above-board, as it seems to have been, then it's none of my business, I will not criticize, and I will keep my opinion to myself, not having personal acquaintance with any of these people, and not making judgement without knowing all the facts.
Nevertheless, I'm sure it's been difficult for all involved, and I'm sorry for them...I hope their lives go forward, better!
Dinesh should have realized he was being spied on when his affair went public. Obama doesn’t like criticism and he pays back. No doubt, since his movie, his every phone call and email/texts have been monitored.
Only Dems will be allowed to skew the system.
“I hope their lives go forward, better!”
Certainly doesn’t sound like they will get better with targeted punishment from the sodomite-in-chief, huh?
Sure it is. I'm a 47-year-old faithful wife. If my husband finds his soulmate in a 20-something married employee, "nubile young groupie" is the least of the verbiage my highly compensated attorney will offer.
That said, Mr. D'Souza's profile has dropped since these events occurred. Honestly, I hope he walks on the election-finance charges, even if he's guilty. A Democrat "bundler" *snicker* would.
Unfreakinbelivable. This is a political hit on a conservative.
“The revolution was in the minds of the people before a drop of blood was shed.”—John Adams
Thank you for this post.
I think we’re at this point NOW.
ping
Rather, it will come in order to free the country from this dictatorship, but it will come with a bloody cost when and if it comes.
Yes we are.
“I see more and more of the seeds of a future revolt being planted down the road.”
Down the road? Hell, I’d say they’re pushing for it sooner than that.
The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
I figure they’ll know it’s on the day they try to kick a can down the road one more time and it comes back at them at Mach 2.
This is an outrage.
Someone remind me why we are supposed to trust this DOJ.
D’Souza made a big mistake. Hope he apologized to his wife.
Benghazi Barry Narcissist Soebarkah likes the camera; bet he didn’t apologize to his “wife” for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04RhsO_fyZQ
(beware—not for the faint)
Welcome to the New World Order. The Racist Dictator in the White House and his Sock Puppy Holder have learned they can employ all the Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government against their political enemies and nobody is willing to do anything about it.
At least the Romans lost their Republic in return for SOMETHING! THEY got a Caesar and world power.
WE get a clown the world laughs at who is working day and night to destroy everything America ever stood for.
Hope and Change? Sure.
D’Souza, O’Keefe, Hollywood conservative group Abe, and Steyn’s circus trial in DC. Not only did harassment from the IRS not stop, it has grown. This is a purge. These fascists are embarking on destroying opponents like a third world dictatorship. First they will go for all those who have stuck their heads up, those who are ‘famous’, but they will work their way down to the tea party rank and file. Destroying a portion at a time. Lord Jesus you tarry too long.
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