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‘Obama’ filmmaker charged in NY in campaign fraud
Associated Press ^ | Jan 23, 2014 8:41 PM EST

Posted on 01/23/2014 6:39:43 PM PST by Olog-hai

A conservative scholar and author known recently for his critical works on President Barack Obama was indicted in New York on charges he violated campaign finance laws, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Federal prosecutors said Dinesh D’Souza, who made the anti-Obama documentary “2016: Obama’s America,” was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges he directed $20,000 in illegal contributions to be made in the New York Senate race in 2012. The candidate he supported was Wendy Long, who lost to Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand.

Prosecutors said he directed people to make the contributions to the campaign and then reimbursed them, which is a violation of election law that limits total contribution from one person to one candidate at $5,000. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: dineshdsouza; newyork; witchhunt

1 posted on 01/23/2014 6:39:43 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Prosecutors said he directed people to make the contributions to the campaign and then reimbursed them,

If he did that, he's screwed, selective prosecution or not.

2 posted on 01/23/2014 6:41:12 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Olog-hai

Kenyan payback and revenge.


3 posted on 01/23/2014 6:41:40 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare. The "global warming" of healthcare plans.)
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To: Olog-hai

Eric Holder will get right on it.


4 posted on 01/23/2014 6:42:31 PM PST by tractorman (I never miss a chance to tweak a liberal.)
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To: Olog-hai

Dinesh closed “2016” by intimating that Obama intends to UNILATERALLY do away with the nuke capability of the USA.

With NO hope of any other real legacy, I think he may just do it.


5 posted on 01/23/2014 6:43:57 PM PST by gaijin
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To: dead

isn’t that basically what George Steinbrenner did for Nixon back in the 70s?


6 posted on 01/23/2014 6:45:51 PM PST by jeltz25
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To: Olog-hai

I’m suprised the Socialists have waited this long to seek revenge from this bold dissenter. patriot.


7 posted on 01/23/2014 6:46:35 PM PST by lee martell
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It costs far less to play by the rules. I don’t understand the rationale behind these alleged violations assuming ignorance isn’t a factor.


8 posted on 01/23/2014 6:48:44 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dead

I agree. People will try to make excuses, but it doesn’t matter your political beliefs, you don’t break the law.

Now, we also have to say that he is presumed innocent by the justice system until evidence has been presented of his guilt.


9 posted on 01/23/2014 6:49:50 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Eclipse, the sequel to Bright Horizons is out! Get it now!)
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To: Olog-hai

I’ve always said that Obama is the affirmative action Hitler. This is his revenge for 2016.


10 posted on 01/23/2014 6:57:40 PM PST by Stepan12
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To: Olog-hai

VJ promised what they would do to their enemies after they got re-elected. That’s why so man GOPers are scared to death.


11 posted on 01/23/2014 7:03:17 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Olog-hai

Sooner or later they had to notice that it was an anti-Mohammed video!


12 posted on 01/23/2014 7:06:15 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: Olog-hai

Collectivism can never be criticized - ever.


13 posted on 01/23/2014 7:09:04 PM PST by 4Liberty (Mr President 'If you Like your college transcripts...can we see them?')
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe Dinesh should hold a press conference and declare “I have a pen and a phone.” Then it would be okay.


14 posted on 01/23/2014 7:14:47 PM PST by optiguy (Winter is coming.)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m sure we’ll be getting to the bottom of who really made all those donations by credit card when the function to require the reporting the donors location was turned off by Obama’s campaign.

And how about Hillary and her bags of money or Algore and his money haul from the monks who take a vow of poverty. Yeah....Holder will get right on it.


15 posted on 01/23/2014 7:16:54 PM PST by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: gaijin; MinuteGal

“Dinesh closed “2016” by intimating that Obama intends to UNILATERALLY do away with the nuke capability of the USA.

With NO hope of any other real legacy, I think he may just do it.”

I’ve been saying this for a long time. Obama did his dissertation on nuclear disarmament. He’s wanted that for a long time. The funny thing is, he tried to cut a deal with Putin to disarm nukes, as an excuse to disarm ours, and Putin told him to pound sand. He wasn’t interested in it at all. That’s thwarted Obama for a while now, as he can’t use some nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia as an excuse to get rid of our nukes. Now he will lay in wait and try to do it unilaterally, probably in his last year in office. At that point, the only possible response is to impeach the bastard.


16 posted on 01/23/2014 7:21:51 PM PST by flaglady47 (Proud Conservative Republican)
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To: Olog-hai
Josef Stalin would approve.
17 posted on 01/23/2014 8:16:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it and at whom it is aimed.”— Joseph Sta)
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To: gaijin

-— Dinesh closed “2016” by intimating that Obama intends to UNILATERALLY do away with the nuke capability of the USA.

With NO hope of any other real legacy, I think he may just do it. -—

That’s what I’ve feared from the beginning. The question is, are there any patriots left to oppose him?


18 posted on 01/23/2014 8:20:02 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Aria

What about all the contributions Obama got in his 2008 campaign from overseas they were shady.
I don’t believe the allegation myself we will just have to wait and see.


19 posted on 01/24/2014 1:27:54 AM PST by funfan
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