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(16,926 posts) Tue Sep 23, 2014, 02:11 PM Sep 2014

Scholar behind anti-Obama film gets probation [View all]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing film condemning President Barack Obama has been sentenced to five years of probation in his campaign finance case.

Dinesh D'Souza (dih-NEESH' duh-SOO'-zuh), of San Diego, also was fined $30,000 on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. He'll be required to live for eight months at a confinement center in San Diego and was ordered to do community service.

He pleaded guilty in May to charges he arranged for straw donors to contribute to New York Republican Wendy Long's failed U.S. Senate bid.

D'Souza was a policy analyst under President Ronald Reagan and is a prolific author known most recently for works critical of Obama. He made the 2012 the documentary "2016: Obama's America."

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/Conservative-scholar-faces-sentencing-5773753.php

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Scholar behind anti-Obama film gets probation [View all] IDemo Sep 2014 OP

This will look good on his conservative resume. upaloopa Sep 2014 #1

Yes, wingnuts love a "martyr" nxylas Sep 2014 #41

Conservative scholar? More like wingnut idiot, AP, get your facts straight for once. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #2

"Conservative Scholar" = Oxymoron. ReRe Sep 2014 #8

There is no "conservative scholar" behind the film... Roy Rolling Sep 2014 #21

The fact that liberal scholars do not have to identified as "liberal" is interesting. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #23

This^ eom littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #28

It's a red badge of courage. louis-t Sep 2014 #3

"Also liked" from his facebook page, not surprised: NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #4

Scholar? PeoViejo Sep 2014 #5

Conservative media whitewashes fake "scholar". Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #24

His show can come right after Ollie North. #fuckthisshit nt NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #6

+1 freshwest Sep 2014 #9

"high-grossing"???? tenderfoot Sep 2014 #7

High grossness ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2014 #10

Toilet paper. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #29

What a biased headline they chose muriel_volestrangler Sep 2014 #11

The misleading and false headline and demur article by AP is no accident. Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #25

AP is the freakin' worst ... brett_jv Sep 2014 #42

+1 cheapdate Sep 2014 #39

Too bad there's no jail time. sinkingfeeling Sep 2014 #12

Scholar? SoapBox Sep 2014 #13

It's a reasonable sentence for a first-time, non-violent offender Eric J in MN Sep 2014 #14

Don Siegelman got six-and-a-half years jmowreader Sep 2014 #15

Good point... elzenmahn Sep 2014 #37

If by scholar you mean onecaliberal Sep 2014 #16

No mention of his philandering either. Archae Sep 2014 #17

damn i have been pronouncing his name wrong the whole time! m-lekktor Sep 2014 #18

Correct pronunciation, from his college days Jim Lane Sep 2014 #27

yep i know about that. i think he dated Laura Ingraham at Dartmouth m-lekktor Sep 2014 #30

He'll now claim he was exonerated ala Ollie North. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #19

Conservative Psychic Cartoonist Sep 2014 #20

Black lsewpershad Sep 2014 #22

The little worm got off easy. (nt) Paladin Sep 2014 #26

Of course he did! Chasstev365 Sep 2014 #33

Confinment center. He's ready to work for Fox. marble falls Sep 2014 #31

The wording of the article paints him as credible, which is bullshit. His films were not just still_one Sep 2014 #32

I've noticed that about the AP, too... elzenmahn Sep 2014 #36

Yes still_one Sep 2014 #38

Well, he'll do the same thing again NastyRiffraff Sep 2014 #34

Scholar? MynameisBlarney Sep 2014 #35

"Conservative scholar" DFW Sep 2014 #40