Posted on 06/07/2018 4:05:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Backlash to President Donald Trump’s pardon of Dinesh D’Souza caused complaints of a double standard among conservatives.
In an interview with the Austin American-Statesman, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told the reporter that D’Souza faced political persecution for a crime liberal comedian Rosie O’Donnell had committed five-fold. (Cruz also claimed credit for the pardon and called D’Souza his friend.)
"What’s interesting is, just a few weeks ago we saw revelations that Rosie O’Donnell apparently committed the same offense five times, five times, when she broke the identical law that Dinesh was prosecuted for," Cruz said. "I don’t recall any of those liberal activists on Twitter calling for Rose O’Donnell to be prosecuted."
Did O’Donnell commit the same offense as D’Souza? The two cases are very different.
The Federal Election Commission caps donations to individual candidates at $2,700 per election. Primaries, runoffs and general elections are counted separately.
On May 20, 2014, D’Souza was convicted of a felony for making illegal contributions to Wendy Long’s unsuccessful challenge of Kirsten Gillibrand to represent New York in the U.S. Senate. Long was a friend from D’Souza’s time at Dartmouth College.
D’Souza was allowed to contribute a maximum of $5,000 to a single candidate. (The limit on each election was $2,500 in 2012 due to inflation, and this covered the primary and general election.) In March 2012, D’Souza gave $10,000 on behalf of himself and his wife. He then directed his assistant to also contribute $5,000 each on behalf of themselves and their spouses for a total of $20,000. D’Souza reimbursed them.
(Excerpt) Read more at politifact.com ...
The New York Post reported that O’Donnell made the following contributions, exceeding the individual limit of $2,700 by a total of $5,400.
$4,700 to Alabama Sen. Doug Jones in the special general election against Roy Moore.
$3,600 to Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb for the special election he won in March.
$2,950 to California Rep. Adam Schiff for his primary congressional race.
$4,200 to Lauren Underwood, an Illinois congressional candidate, for her primary. (Note: when we searched the FEC individual contributor database, we found $2,700 are marked as going towards the primary campaign and $1,500 towards the general.)
$3,450 to Omar Vaid, a congressional candidate in Staten Island and Brooklyn, for his primary.
O’Donnell told the New York Post she did not deliberately exceed the limit.
“If $2,700 is the cut off — (candidates) should refund the money,” she said. “I don’t look to see who I can donate most to … I just donate assuming they do not accept what is over the limit.”
O’Donnell indeed broke FEC rules, but campaign finance experts told us this type of violation goes unpunished as long as there is no intent to deceive. The money can be refunded or redirected to the candidate’s next race.
Fakenews. She used different names and addresses.
Yawn.
That the sun is going to come up tomorrow is actually a less reliable prediction than Poltifake's predictable response.
Source? That’s a huge omission if true.
According to Politicrap, it all boils down to how much money was contributed..........In Rosie’s case, while in violation, she gets a pass. But then again, she didn’t have the Obama machine looking to bust her.......
May 5, 2018 · REVEALED: Trump nemesis Rosie O’Donnell illegally exceeded campaign contribution limits to FIVE different Dem candidates using different addresses and variations of her name. ..
“as long as there is no intent to deceive.”
I’m sure the multiple addresses she used was just an unintentional oversight.
Per article: ‘The rather small amounts in excess of the limits, as well as the fact that O’Donnell made no effort to conceal the contributions’
Outright LIE. Rosie the Pig, used different names and addresses.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/06/rosie-odonnell-used-5-addresses-4-names-sized-dem-donations/
Politifart blowing smoke again.
Author used Comeystain’s “no intent” apparently...
#Libsplaining
That alone proves her "mistakes" were intended to deceive. Politifact is a left-wing propaganda outfit. They can go suck a lemon.
“The variations in her name were as follows: Rose Odonnell, Rose O’Donnell, Rosie O’Donnell, and Rosie Odonnell. She listed two different zip codes (which correspond with homes she owns) in two of the donations that exceeded the limit.”
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