I don't like reveling in things like this, but isn't this guy an arrogant ass? Delicious! [View all]

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Conservative and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, left, accompanied by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman leave federal court, in New York, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. D'Souza has pleaded guilty in New York federal court to making illegal campaign contributions. He admitted getting two close associates to make $10,000 contributions to Wendy Long. She was a candidate who lost the New York Senate race in 2012 to the Democratic incumbent. His plea agreement calls for a sentence of 10 to 16 months in prison. He'll be sentenced on Sept. 23. Photo: Richard Drew, AP


____ Dinesh D'Souza told a federal judge on Tuesday that he "deeply" regretted violating a federal campaign finance law, and that he knew that what he did had been wrong, during a hearing in which the conservative author pleaded guilty to making more than $10,000 of contributions in the names of others.

“I knew that making a campaign contribution in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids,” D’Souza told U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. “I deeply regret my conduct.”

“Are you pleading guilty to this crime because you are in fact guilty of it?” Berman asked in response.

“Yes, your honor,” D’Souza said . . .


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