D’Souza Fails To Get Campaign Finance Fraud Case Dismissed

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The federal campaign finance fraud charges against Dinesh D’Souza aren’t going away.

A federal judge on Thursday said that the case against the conservative author may proceed toward trial, according to Reuters. D’Souza had been trying to get the case dismissed.

D’Souza was indicted in January on charges of violating campaign finance laws. Prosecutors have accused him of using straw donors to funnel $20,000 to the Senate campaign of Republican Wendy Long, who challenged Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand (D-NY) in 2012. D’Souza has since maintained his innocence, and his attorney has argued that D’Souza was targeted because of his criticisms of President Obama.

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  1. Avatar for docb docb says:

    Good this slime needs to be squashed like a bug and put in the rubbish bin!

  2. FAIL! Not just a FAIL, but a (If you’ll excuse the expression…) WHITE-HOT FAIL!

  3. If all you had to do to be indicted by the feds is criticize President Obama, the courts would be too overloaded to prosecute anything else. He needs better lawyers. At least some that can convince a seventh grader.

  4. Maybe his former squeeze, Ann Coulter, can bake him a cake with a hacksaw in it…

  5. Avatar for theod theod says:

    What this implies is that it is the best defense he could muster. This portends badly for him.

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