Posted on 03/11/2014 9:55:56 AM PDT by grundle
Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza’s indictment for alleged campaign finance violations in the 2012 U.S. Senate race in New York is coming under scrutiny by a team of four Republican senators questioning whether the prosecution is politically motivated.
D’souza was indicted in late January for election fraud for allegedly using straw donors to contribute $20,000 to the losing New York U.S. Senate campaign of his friend, Wendy Long. Facing a maximum of two years in prison, D’Souza pled not guilty and made $500,000 bail. “I’m going to proceed with my work and my ideas and the film will be unimpeded by whats going on,” D’Souza told The Daily Caller before embarking on a publicity tour for his upcoming documentary, “America,” which will be released in June.
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Chuck Grassley and Jeff Sessions recently signed a letter to FBI director James Comey asking for clarification on the “routine review by the FBI” of the 2012 New York Senate race that yielded the indictment against D’Souza. The letter quoted Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz’s statement that D’Souza appears to be the victim of “selective prosecution.”
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This crap will stop when Issa finds Lerner in contempt of congress and slaps her in jail.
So, this crap won’t stop?
I'm not impressed w/ Issa's MO, he's perpetually befuddled.
Harrassment by government. We no longer live in a constitutional republic.
guess this crap ain't stopping then..
Correct.
If D’Souza did use straw donors, then he should be found guilty.
“If D’Souza did use straw donors, then he should be found guilty.”
Yes, but his treatment should be comparable with that given to Democrat donors who did the same with Democrat candidates.
Most others got bail with recognizance, not 500K. The other prosecutions were swiftly negotiated down to a modest fine with no jail time. Will that be D’Souza’s outcome?
I was hopeful that Issa would be a man of action, but it appears that he, as we say in Texas, is all hat and no cattle.
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