D’Souza’s film Police State
A film of interest. I haven’t seen it, but my guess is that it’s worth seeing.
You may also recall that in 2014 D’Souza was prosecuted for something that would never have been pursued had he not been on the right:
On January 23, 2014, D’Souza was charged with making $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions to the New York Senate campaign of Wendy Long and causing false statements to be made to the Federal Election Commission. His attorney responded to the charges by saying his client “did not act with any corrupt or criminal intent whatsoever” and described the incident as “at most … an act of misguided friendship”.
On May 15, 2014, United States district judge Richard M. Berman rejected the contention that D’Souza was singled out for prosecution, stating, “The court concludes the defendant has respectfully submitted no evidence he was selectively prosecuted.”
On May 20, 2014, D’Souza pleaded guilty to one felony count of making illegal contributions in the names of others. On September 23, 2014, the court sentenced D’Souza to five years’ probation, eight months in a halfway house (referred to as a “community confinement center”) and a $30,000 fine. After D’Souza’s conviction, his claim of selective prosecution continued to receive support from some conservative media and commentators.
On May 31, 2018, President Donald Trump pardoned D’Souza.[36][136] D’Souza thanked Trump for the pardon, tweeting: “Obama and his stooges tried to extinguish my American dream & destroy my faith in America. Thank you @realDonaldTrump for fully restoring both”. After former U.S. Attorney and fellow Indian-American Preet Bharara criticized Trump’s pardon of D’Souza, D’Souza accused Bharara of trying to destroy his career, tweeting: “Bharara & his goons bludgeoned me into the plea by threatening to add a second redundant charge carrying a prison term of FIVE YEARS”.
I’ve no doubt that it’ll be quite good and informative. I expect it will also likely be very depressing and disheartening. I probably won’t watch it, not because I disagree with anything in it, but because it’d be essentially preaching to the choir. You don’t need to convince me of the deep corruption and weaponization of the FBI and the rest of the US intelligence apparatus and legal system against conservatives. I’m fully aware and wish I could realistically do more to undo it all beyond just voting.
Premiering online tonight in 2 or so hours. But streamble through Rumble, after this launch. IIRC.
About D’Souza’s persecution and prosecution, you’ve added and updated salient details for me. My initial reaction to a story that I’d thought I’d known well enough was “Wow.” I was wrong; I didn’t.
You almost have to admire the Left for their no-holds-barred prosecution of their political enemies.
Re: the Left’s no-holds-barred prosecution of their political enemies…
What goes around, comes around and karma can be a stone cold bitch.
Sorry, Geoff, I don’t see anything coming around. The Dems have been playing hardball since at least LBJ and probably earlier, while the Reps have have been intoning, in their finest patrician manner, “We’re better than that,” and getting their butts kicked.
Lucy is still holding the football.