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Indian Author Sentenced For U.S. Campaign Laws Violation
Like many others before him, of all political stripes, he has had to answer for this crime –- here with a felony conviction.”
Berman had previously denied D’Souza’s pre-trial motion to dismiss the indictment for selective prosecution, ruling that there was “no evidence” to support his allegation. In sentencing D’Souza, Berman referred to his prior ruling and remarked that “the defendant’s claim of selective prosecution, legally speaking, is ‘all hat, no cattle’.”
D’Souza had earlier this month asked the judge to sentence him to probation and community service instead of a prison term, saying he is “disgraced and humiliated” by his actions and is paying a “heavy price for his lapse of judgment.” The Mumbai-native had pleaded guilty on May 20 of attempting to donate USD 20,000 to a Senate campaign through straw donors.
D’Souza, who is also a best-selling conservative author, had come in for severe criticism for his 2012 documentary “2016: Obama’s America”, with Barack Obama’s campaign accusing him of launching a smear campaign against the President and alleging that the movie was a deliberate distortion of Obama’s record and world view.
The documentary had equated re-election of Obama with the death and dismemberment of the US.
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Source: PTI
