AuH20
05-21-2014, 01:45 PM
Like Alex Jones frequently says, the situation on the ground is a lot worse than advertised. This is example numero uno.
http://thefederalist.com/2014/05/21/prison-for-dsouza-beach-time-for-corzine/
Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. He was accused of having urged two friends to make $10,000 contributions to a Senate candidate and then reimbursing them. This is an illegal work-around of campaign contribution limits.
He won’t be sentenced until Sept. 23 but faces 16 months in prison and a $30,000 fine.
So a guy does something wrong and pleads guilty. What’s the big deal?
When Corzine escaped any punishment last year, there was surprisingly little coverage and certainly no outrage in the media — even in a political climate where members of the Democratic Party’s base were calling for the heads of banksters and Goldman Sachs and its alumni, in particular, were being compared to a politically-connected Vampire Squid.
Maybe in addition to having very close friends in the White House, the U.S. Senate, New Jersey and Wall Street, Corzine didn’t do anything worth prosecuting related to MF Global bankruptcy and the straight-up loss of more than a billion dollars. And maybe in addition to having enemies in the White House and other corridors of power, D’Souza’s $20,000 crime makes him Public Enemy #1. I don’t know.
But if there were selective enforcement of laws under this administration, that would be something worth caring just a bit about.
http://thefederalist.com/2014/05/21/prison-for-dsouza-beach-time-for-corzine/
Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty to breaking campaign finance laws. He was accused of having urged two friends to make $10,000 contributions to a Senate candidate and then reimbursing them. This is an illegal work-around of campaign contribution limits.
He won’t be sentenced until Sept. 23 but faces 16 months in prison and a $30,000 fine.
So a guy does something wrong and pleads guilty. What’s the big deal?
When Corzine escaped any punishment last year, there was surprisingly little coverage and certainly no outrage in the media — even in a political climate where members of the Democratic Party’s base were calling for the heads of banksters and Goldman Sachs and its alumni, in particular, were being compared to a politically-connected Vampire Squid.
Maybe in addition to having very close friends in the White House, the U.S. Senate, New Jersey and Wall Street, Corzine didn’t do anything worth prosecuting related to MF Global bankruptcy and the straight-up loss of more than a billion dollars. And maybe in addition to having enemies in the White House and other corridors of power, D’Souza’s $20,000 crime makes him Public Enemy #1. I don’t know.
But if there were selective enforcement of laws under this administration, that would be something worth caring just a bit about.