D'Souza argued for the charges to be dismissed on grounds of selective prosecution.

Last week, a judge denied that motion, citing "no evidence" to support it.

"Following the court's ruling denying Dinesh D'Souza's baseless claim of selective prosecution, D'Souza now has admitted, through his guilty plea, what we have asserted all along -- that he knowingly and intentionally violated federal election laws," Bharara said in a statement.

"As our Office's record reflects, we will investigate and prosecute violations of federal law, particularly those that undermine the integrity of the democratic electoral process, without regard to the defendant's political persuasion or party affiliation. That is what we did in this case and what we will continue to do."

Meanwhile, Deadline Hollywood cited D'Souza's producer Gerald Molen as saying the indictment was politically motivated but that it would not stop the upcoming sequel to "2016: Obama's America", which has already set a July 4 release date.

D'Souza says his film imagines what today's world would be like if America had never existed because "we are now living in the America that we warned our fellow citizens could come to pass if President Obama were re-elected".

Considered the second-most-successful political documentary in U.S. box office history, "2016" has made more than $33 million since it was released in July 2012 during the heat of the presidential elections, according to Deadline.
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