Posted on 01/24/2014 5:38:53 AM PST by Phillyred
Dinesh D'Souza is accused of giving too much money to a candidate who sought to replace former New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Producer Gerald Molen tells The Hollywood Reporter the charges are politically motivated.
Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, whose documentary 2016: Obama's America took a critical look at President Barack Obama and was a surprise hit in 2012, will be arrested in New York on Friday for allegedly violating campaign-finance laws, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Federal authorities accuse D'Souza of donating more than is legal to the campaign of Wendy Long, who ran in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton but lost to now-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Long, though, is not mentioned in an indictment obtained by THR on Thursday. Insiders say D'Souza has been friends with Long since they attended Dartmouth College together in the early 1980s. According to the indictment, D'Souza donated $20,000 to Long's campaign by aggregating the money from various people and falsely reporting the source of the funds. But Gerald Molen, a co-producer of 2016, says the charge is politically motivated. "In America, we have a long tradition of not doing what is commonly done in too many other countries -- criminalizing dissent through the selective enforcement of the law," Molen tells THR. D'Souza first learned he was being investigated in the middle of 2013, several months after 2016 had earned $33 million at the box office and become the second-most-popular political documentary in U.S. history. The film included an interview with Obama's half-brother, George Obama, who was mildly critical of the president. Molen says D'Souza is being singled out for "an alleged minor violation" in the same way the IRS reportedly targeted conservative Tea Party groups for retribution. "In light of the recent events and the way the IRS has been used to stifle dissent, this arrest should send shivers down the spines of all freedom-loving Americans," Molen says. D'Souza was in San Diego working on his next film and book, each to be called America, when he was informed he was about to be indicted and that he should fly to New York and turn himself in to authorities. The indictment came late Thursday, according to those with knowledge of the situation. D'Souza's upcoming film America is due in theaters July 4 and is co-produced by Molen, who won a best picture Oscar for Schindler's List, and Gray Frederickson, who won a best picture Oscar for The Godfather Part II. D'Souza wrote and stars in the film, which is directed by John Sullivan. The filmmakers emailed a statement to THR vowing to release the film on schedule. "We believe this is an unfortunate misunderstanding arising out of Dinesh D'Souza's desire to help the uphill campaign of a friend," the statement reads. "There was no intent to do anything illegal or corrupt in any way. This will have no impact on the film America, which will be released on the Fourth of July this year as previously announced. Filming is on schedule and D'Souza will continue to lead the enterprise." Sources say D'Souza has been cooperating with authorities. He will surrender Friday for processing and be arraigned in the Southern District of New York. Benjamin Brafman, an attorney for D'Souza, tells THR that his client "did not act with any corrupt or criminal intent whatsoever ... at worst this was an act of misguided friendship by D'Souza." Molen added: "When American citizens begin to suspect that people are being arrested for alleged minor violations because of their vocal dissent against their elected representatives or rulers, it breeds disrespect and contempt for the law and suspicion of those officials. … If this unfortunate action against Dinesh is intended to deter the release of his upcoming film, America, that effort will fail." Email: Paul.Bond@THR.com
http://vlemxkeepinformed.blogspot.com/2014/01/obama-has-violated-campaign-finance.html
Friday, January 24, 2014
Obama has violated campaign finance laws numerous times but only his political enemies are targeted.
The adage ‘You can indict a ham sandwich’ comes to mind.
Remember Senator Ted Stevens (AK)?
And then there’s Alcee Hastings... Such a contrast.
We're after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you'd better get wise to it. There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them."
- - Atlas Shrugged
What’s really scary is we have 3 more years of this. I shutter to think about what else he has in store for this country while no one does a damn thing to stop him.
Paraphrasing Voltaire — If you want to know who or what rules over you, simply find out who or what you are not allowed to criticize.
Jury nullification is a very real...and soon to become very necessary...weapon against tyranny.
And it is Constitutionally protected.
It is reflected in the Sixth Amendment, which grants the accused an inviolable right to a jury determination of his guilt or innocence in all criminal prosecutions for serious offenses.
Because of this right, a trial judge absolutely cannot direct a verdict in favor of the State or set aside a jury's verdict of not guilty, no matter how overwhelming the evidence.
Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275, 277 (1993).
Since Congress refuses to act, I see that our only hope lies with our Military.
The more Obama sees that no one will stop him, the worse he will get. I do not believe he will voluntarily leave office in 2016.
How about the guy who made the anti-Muslim movie they blamed Benghazi on? He’s still in jail and he did absolutely nothing wrong. All he did was make a cheap amateur movie on Islam that wasn’t even offensive, it was just silly, and he had someone upload it on Youtube for him and all hell broke loose. The Regime came after him full force. It would be like me or you making a video on gardening and uploading it to Youtube and next thing you know you are being blamed for terror attacks that killed 4 Americans and then you find yourself in jail! That alone should scare the hell out of every last person in this country, to know that at anytime the Regime can cart you away as a political prisoner.
Yea, but he’s currently purging what we think of as our military. We won’t recognize it in a few years.
Some times I wish Ted Cruz were in the House. I bet he’d start the removal proceedings.
I had a meltdown last night after reading FR, and convinced myself that no one is doing anything to stop this, and too many still think everything is ok. It’s gone too far, I’m afraid, for any of us to handle. It will take a miracle, a “divine intervention”, if you will. I have never been religious, but I am now resorting to daily prayer. God, please rescue and save our country from these enemies within. Amen.
I had forgotten about him, sad to say. Is he really still in jail? This really is a nightmare. I wonder how many others have been “disappeared”?
You are correct. And, you will need significant financial resources to persevere through the judicial process of attaining those constitutional protections. Few have pockets that deep, or private business enterprises and personal reputations so impervious. To those who advocated burying their arms in the churchyard: it would appear now is the time to dig them up.
And what is even (almost) worse? It was casually reported on our morning radio talk show this morning with perfunctory expressions of “how sad”, “too bad”.
Good grief! Who was that idiot in Congress that, when interviewed, stated “this aint America no more”? We all rolled our eyes at the time but HE WAS RIGHT.
I have an idea. Why don’t we just not vote next time too, that’ll show ‘em.
That is why time is of the essence, don’t you think? We cannot afford to wait until 2016.
I did not mean to imply that we should not vote. I apologize if my passionate response caused a misunderstanding. Please try to understand that this situation is very disturbing to those that see this as tyranny!
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