In January, former Reagan Administration policy analyst and conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza was indicted for what authorities describe as “illegal contributions” to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in the 2012 election. Long was reported to have received more than $10,000 in illegal donations either from or through the man who was responsible for the 2016: Obama’s America hit piece.
From the AP:
D’Souza, known for his biting criticism of President Barack Obama, pleaded guilty to one criminal count of making illegal contributions in the names of others. A second count concerning the making of false statements is expected to be dismissed once he is sentenced.
The plea came four months after Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged D’Souza with using “straw donors” to give funds in 2012 to Republican Wendy Long’s U.S. Senate campaign in New York. Long, who met D’Souza while they were students in the 1980s, lost to Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand.
“I knew that causing a campaign contribution to be made in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids,” D’Souza, 53, told U.S. District Judge Berman on Tuesday. “I deeply regret my conduct.”
Prosecutors said D’Souza asked two friends and their spouses to contribute $10,000 each to Long’s campaign and then reimbursed them. At the time, campaign finance regulations limited individual donations to a maximum of $5,000 during an election cycle.
D’Souza faces between 10 and 16 months in prison but his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman has indicated that he will ask that the conservative criminal serve no prison time because he is a “fundamentally honorable man” who had committed an “isolated instance of wrongdoing.” Isn’t being rich great?
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