Anti-Obama Moviemaker Indicted

[mudwhistle]

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws

3:16 PM PST 1/23/2014 by Paul Bond

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.
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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.

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."​

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws - The Hollywood Reporter

 

[G.T.]

A propagandist with ethics issues?

Water is wet.

 

[mudwhistle]

A propagandist with ethics issues?

Water is wet.

Obama is trying to make conservatives look worse than he does. He has until November to do it.

Ex-Governor of Virginia Is Indicted on Charges Over Loans and Gifts


By TRIP GABRIELJAN. 21, 2014

Former Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia and his wife, Maureen, were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of accepting more than $140,000 in loans and gifts in exchange for promoting the business of a political patron who was seeking special favors from the state government.

The 14-count indictment filed by the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia included charges of fraud and soliciting loans and gifts from Jonnie R. Williams Sr., the chief executive of Star Scientific, a maker of dietary supplements, who hoped to use the governor to promote his products.

The indictment accuses the McDonnells of accepting some $135,000 in cash from Mr. Williams, thousands of dollars in golf outings, designer clothing and a Rolex watch engraved “71st Governor of Virginia” on the back. It accuses the former first couple of lying about the gifts on loan statements and to government investigators.

Once a rising Republican star, mentioned as a possible running mate for Mitt Romney in 2012 and as an aspirant for his party’s 2016 presidential nomination, Mr. McDonnell has taken a spectacular fall since details of his relationship with Mr. Williams surfaced last spring. Under Virginia law, he was limited to one four-year term, but details of his relationship with Mr. Williams and the threat of his indictment colored the race to succeed him.

“Today’s charges represent the Justice Department’s continued commitment to rooting out public corruption at all levels of government,” the acting assistant attorney general, Mythili Raman, said in a statement. “Ensuring that elected officials uphold the public’s trust is one of our most critical responsibilities.”

At a news conference in Richmond on Tuesday night, Mr. McDonnell said he had been “falsely and wrongly accused” and that prosecutors had “stretched the law to its breaking point” to bring charges. He said he did no special favors for Mr. Williams. He appeared with his wife and took no questions.

Earlier, a lawyer for Ms. McDonnell, William Burck, said she was innocent.

Mr. McDonnell, who last summer announced that he was returning the gifts and loans, has long maintained that he never did anything for Mr. Williams or his company that he would not have done for any other Virginia business.

He apologized in his last address to the General Assembly on Jan. 8 for the scandal, which cast a shadow over the campaign of the Republican candidate who sought to succeed him, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II. Mr. Cuccinelli lost in November to the current governor, Terry McAuliffe.

A lawyer for Mr. Williams, Jerry W. Kilgore, declined to comment. Mr. Williams stepped down as chief executive of Star Scientific last month and the company changed its name.

If convicted, the McDonnells could face decades in prison.

As detailed in the 43-page indictment, Mr. Williams ingratiated himself with the McDonells by giving them lavish gifts and loans, many of which it said Ms. McDonnell solicited with the promise that she and the governor could help his company.​

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/22/us/former-virginia-governor-and-his-wife-are-indicted.html?_r=0

 

[G.T.]

I sincerely doubt Obama is "in on it," but you can always install a surveillance camera under your bed. Or couch.

 

[mudwhistle]

I sincerely doubt Obama is "in on it," but you can always install a surveillance camera under your bed. Or couch.

No, he has nothing to do with anything anywhere.

He's just an innocent bystander in chief.

 

[G.T.]

I'm sure dude. I'm sure.

 

[JimBowie1958]

I sincerely doubt Obama is "in on it," but you can always install a surveillance camera under your bed. Or couch.

Yeah, but Christie shut down that bridge, you know that, don't you?

Lol partisan hacks lie like rugs and fascist dictators stand on them.

 

[JimBowie1958]

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean 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. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

 

[mudwhistle]

I figure Obama knows campaign law, because he broke so many of them in the last election, he needs to be under indictment.

 

[Pennywise]

Wow, what a coincidence? I mean, it's common knowledge that this stuff goes on all the time across the political spectrum. Poor Dinesh just happened to get charged while all the others did not. Gee that's funny. I mean funny odd, not haha funny. The randomness of life rears its head.

 

[Rozman]

People need to know there is a price to pay for dissin Obama.

 

[jon_berzerk]

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws

3:16 PM PST 1/23/2014 by Paul Bond

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.
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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.

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."​

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws - The Hollywood Reporter

he is not the only one fascism is creeping in all over

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then of course there was the secret investigations the john doe subpoenas

in Wisconsin targeting conservatives

 

[007]

Typical modus operandi for Barry... eliminate the competition by whatever means necessary.

Illegal... pfft... the kenyan doesn't give a rats ass about illegal. He's the king of getting away with shit so far.

 

[R.D.]

"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.


Not this administration.

 

[gipper]

Many on the Left see nothing wrong with breaking the law, to silence their critics. So, this means they do not believe in the Constitution...they do not believe in individual liberty and natural rights for their political opponents, but somehow they think THEIR rights will not be infringed. Somehow they missed this:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

They believe they are right and those who oppose them are evil. Evil must be destroyed by any means possible. That is the opinion of many on the Left.

Whatever happened to, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

 

[JimBowie1958]

Many on the Left see nothing wrong with breaking the law, to silence their critics. So, this means they do not believe in the Constitution...they do not believe in individual liberty and natural rights for their political opponents, but somehow they think THEIR rights will not be infringed. Somehow they missed this:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

They believe they are right and those who oppose them are evil. Evil must be destroyed by any means possible. That is the opinion of many on the Left.

Whatever happened to, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

Man, that is so last century.

Now its the NEW Communism that is all the rave, lol.

 

[SteadyMercury]

From reading this forum I've learned the President delivers my mail, programs the code on healthcare websites, guards the US consulate in Benghazi, makes ammunition purchasing decisions for DHS, and bumbled the manhunt he personally led for the Boston bombers. All this while taking too many vacations in Hawaii and playing too much golf.

It does not surprise me the busiest man in the world had time to investigate D'Souza as well.

 

[jon_berzerk]

I sincerely doubt Obama is "in on it," but you can always install a surveillance camera under your bed. Or couch.

Yeah, but Christie shut down that bridge, you know that, don't you?

Lol partisan hacks lie like rugs and fascist dictators stand on them.

sort of ironic

that Christie befriended the fascists

and they used that to their advantage

now the fascist pack smells blood

and they are all in on the kill

--LOL

 

[Sallow]

I sincerely doubt Obama is "in on it," but you can always install a surveillance camera under your bed. Or couch.

No, he has nothing to do with anything anywhere.

He's just an innocent bystander in chief.

That's basically the meme of you guys when anything good happens.

Bin Laden killed - Conservatives bray: Obama had nothing to do with it.
Stock Market Rises - Conservatives bray: Obama had nothing to do with it.
Deficit is getting lower - Conservatives bray: Obama had nothing to do with it.

But all the bad stuff? You folks attach it directly to Obama.

It completely invalidates your criticism.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws

3:16 PM PST 1/23/2014 by Paul Bond

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.
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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.

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."​

'2016: Obama's America' Filmmaker Indicted for Violating Campaign Finance Laws - The Hollywood Reporter

Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Couldn't be he's also corrupt?