Yeah the charges are not politically motivated at all LOL

[BRU]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/


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[Charcat]

Well, these people just have to quit making films that upset the Messiah....remember Benghazi!

 

[BRU]

Well, these people just have to quit making films that upset the Messiah....remember Benghazi!

I think it was the 2nd highest grossing documentary of all time to boot!

 

[Doubter]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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Martyrs are important only to zealots. JS What your charged with, and what the punishment is, are two different things. And I think are dependent upon the charges being proven in court. Your blogger seems to want to convict D'Souza and have him fined before charges are ever proven. Isn't that the stage we are at? Charges being filed. I haven't known the federal courts to be kangaroo courts. Yet. Don't we need to wait until that outcome is established? A final note. Either the Walter Olson has bad reading comprehension or is purposefully misleading, but Turners fine was $50,000 for his $8000 donation fraud. Edwards for President is who paid $9500. This is the age of google. The FEC statement is online.

 

[Craig]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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OK...

Does your post mean you believe illegal activities shouldn't be prosecuted?

I'm a tad confused, as your link shows Edwards paying a fine for the same thing. As the process has just begun, perhaps it is best to wait for the resolution.

 

[BRU]

OK...

Does your post mean you believe illegal activities shouldn't be prosecuted?

I'm a tad confused, as your link shows Edwards paying a fine for the same thing. As the process has just begun, perhaps it is best to wait for the resolution.

no I don't believe that, I think the application of laws should be equal to everyone.

 

[Craig]

no I don't believe that, I think the application of laws should be equal to everyone.

Well, it appears that is the case. Edwards violated the laws and paid a fine. D'Souza's case is in process, and I expect a fine will be levied if he is found guilty. With the two women willing to testify against him, that seems likely.


"One worked with him and the other lived with him," Cohen said.

They each donated $10,000 to Long and behalf of themselves and their spouses — and then D'Souza repaid them in cash a "one or two days later," Cohen said.

Individual donations are supposed to be capped at $5,000. The two straw donors have given witness statements to the feds, and will also testify against D'Souza at trial, Cohen said.

D'Souza's high-powered lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said he wasn't challenging most of Cohen's facts — but he was challenging her conclusion that what his client did was criminal...


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...l-20g-gift-senate-candidate-article-1.1589951

 

[BRU]

yeah let's wait....after all we know how Obama's Campaign was punished for illegally taking $2,000,000 in foreign campaign donations

 

[Craig]

yeah let's wait....after all we know how Obama's Campaign was punished for illegally taking $2,000,000 in foreign campaign donations

The other option is to convict in the media and then whine and wheedle and complain about unfairness while at the same time seeking the greatest punishment for the admitted and obvious transgression of the law.

 

[middleview]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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D'Souza broke the law. Are you saying he shouldn't be prosecuted because he's a republican? Turner was also charged with the same violations. Let's see what kind of fine D'Souza pays.

I find it interesting how the source you've quoted only talks about the fine paid by the Edwards campaign. Turner paid $59,500 in fines.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/22/fec.edwards/index.html

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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Pugs have to buck up and stop whining. You break the law you face the music.

 

[NightSwimmer]

Any charge of a violation of campaign finance laws could be called "politically motivated". So what? Let us assume that every one of them is, indeed, politically motivated.


Is a crime excusable simply because the initial investigation of the crime was politically motivated? Do you maintain consistency in this belief of yours regardless of the parties involved? Was your top post politically motivated, or do you have a genuine concern for the legal issues involved?

 

[Charcat]

yeah let's wait....after all we know how Obama's Campaign was punished for illegally taking $2,000,000 in foreign campaign donations

But that's different! LOL I am personally more concerned why the FBI does "routine" checks on who Obama considers his political enemies. Do they do "routine" checks on his backers?

 

[Sgt Staples]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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I started this in another thread, but just in case, FYI....The IRS is already threatening veterans' organizations, as far down as local chapters, with $1K per day fines if they can't document the individual members honorable service in the military. Many of these vets are WWII and Korean War.


I know, my wife is President of my VFW post's Ladies Auxiliary; she's been trying to file the tax return after the IRS suspended the post's tax exempt status. Presently the IRS is up to May of 2012 on these applications. As they have been on may of 2012 for over a year, they are deliberately trying to force the post to pay income taxes on all its charitable fund raisers, the over 20 thousand we raised to feed and cloth the local orphanage kids, the 10,000 we raised for education of the children of Vets killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.

All in all, they are going back seven years; I hate to think what the tax amount on all the money we've raise over that period is.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I started this in another thread, but just in case, FYI....The IRS is already threatening veterans' organizations, as far down as local chapters, with $1K per day fines if they can't document the individual members honorable service in the military. Many of these vets are WWII and Korean War.

NS: Why is it a problem to document whether someone is an honorably discharged vet? The government keeps records, doesn't it? Besides, only 75% of members need meet this requirement.



I know, my wife is President of my VFW post's Ladies Auxiliary; she's been trying to file the tax return after the IRS suspended the post's tax exempt status. Presently the IRS is up to May of 2012 on these applications. As they have been on may of 2012 for over a year, they are deliberately trying to force the post to pay income taxes on all its charitable fund raisers, the over 20 thousand we raised to feed and cloth the local orphanage kids, the 10,000 we raised for education of the children of Vets killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.

All in all, they are going back seven years; I hate to think what the tax amount on all the money we've raise over that period is.

NS: Facebook can hardly be considered a primary source. This is a link to the IRS website. The regulations regarding tax exempt status for veterans' organizations are quite clear and reasonable, in my opinion. Is it your contention that the IRS should allow people to claim tax exempt status even if they don't actually qualify?

 

[Sgt Staples]

That's the point they aren't abiding by the law. Or if you prefer, the 'requlations'.

 

[Jen]

After news broke Thursday that federal prosecutors had charged conservative commentator, author, film-maker and professional Obama-basher Dinesh D’Souza with violating campaign finance laws, Walter Olson at the Overlawyered blog posted on the relatively mild civil sanction meted out to a “big-league trial lawyer” who’d done pretty much the same thing D’Souza is accused of. D’Souza has been indicted for allegedly paying $20,000 to reimburse straw donors to the campaign of Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long, who lost a 2012 contest against incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. Arkansas trial lawyer Tab Turner, as Overlawyered recounted in 2006, reimbursed donors of $8,000 to John Edwards’ 2004 presidential campaign and just had to cough up a $9,500 civil fine. By highlighting the contrast in his post Thursday, Olson seemed to be suggesting that D’Souza has been selectively targeted for prosecution because he’s so critical of the Obama administration.

http://blogs.reuters.com/alison-fra...rprisingly-frequent-campaign-finance-charges/

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Look.
Obama said he would reward his friends and punish his enemies.
That is one promise he is OBVIOUSLY keeping and one that those who work under him understood that they MUST enforce, so that's exactly what they are doing.

 

[NightSwimmer]

That's the point they aren't abiding by the law. Or if you prefer, the 'requlations'.

The IRS is supposed to suspend the tax exempt status of any organization that does not qualify for tax exempt status -- or, if you prefer, violates the law.