After spending months maintaining his innocence, conservative author Dinesh D’Souza is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in connection to alleged violations of campaign finance laws, according to The New York Times.
D’Souza was charged in January with one count of making more than $10,000 of contributions in the names of others, and one count of causing false statements. Prosecutors accused him of using straw donors to contribute $20,000 to the campaign of Wendy Long, a Republican attorney and a friend of D’Souza’s who in 2012 lost to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
According to the Times, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan on Monday night sent out an advisory indicating that a hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, “using language that typically indicates that a plea is expected to occur.” That said, even with a deal in place, things can change at the last minute.
It’s unfortunate that a few years of jail time probably isn’t in the mix.
that really is a face made for punching
Cue the outrage on Fox today.
Will this leave him with a “felony” on his record?
or is this one of those odd situation where one does something illegal involving over $20,000 and it does not get counted as a felony?
The article states it will be a guilty plea, not an out-of-court settlement. Hard to see how he won’t have a felony conviction on his record, especially if he pleads “guilty.”