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Mr. D’Souza, who has accused President Obama of carrying out the “anticolonial” agenda of his father, a Kenyan economist, initially argued that he had been singled out for prosecution because of his politics. But on the morning in May when he was scheduled to go on trial, he pleaded guilty and expressed remorse to the court for his conduct.

When Mr. D’Souza, 53, entered his guilty plea, Judge Berman said he could face up to two years in jail. The federal sentencing guidelines call for 10 to 16 months, but the final decision is up to the judge.

3/13/175:21 PM

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Guess Prasad prefer coolie criminals instead of honest people to start his country

3/13/175:22 PM

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Bibi Haniffa posted:
VVP posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Leonora - This is one coolie gyal who don't hide from anyone. I stand for what I believe it. In the case of Preet, he must learn that the most important word in politics is LOYALTY. I am disappointed to see him go because he is a brilliant man. However, he should have realized that Trump did not have to keep him on since he served in the Obama administration and that could have been a conflict of interest. In politics, you don't bite the hands that feed you.
So Leonora gyal - that is all I have to say about that. And apologies for not seeing your comment before, I would have responded to you immediately. As you can probably guess!!!!
Loyalty is only for sheep and even they get slaughtered. What about honesty and integrity...hard words for you?
The one thing you or anyone else can never question about me is honesty and integrity.

I was just questioning why you put Loyalty over honesty and integrity. Is loyalty equal to kiss ass?

3/13/175:22 PM

PrashadSenior Member

VVP posted:
Prashad posted:
Dinesh article
http://lawnewz.com/high-profil...attorneys-dismissal/
D’Souza pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years probation and eight months of supervision in a “community confinement center,” as well a $30,000 fine.

Name me anyone else that was sent to jail in America on similar charges that Dinesh had. That was political vengence by Bharara as Obama henchman.

3/13/175:27 PM

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Prashad posted:
VVP posted:
Prashad posted:
Dinesh article
http://lawnewz.com/high-profil...attorneys-dismissal/
D’Souza pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years probation and eight months of supervision in a “community confinement center,” as well a $30,000 fine.
Name me anyone else that was sent to jail in America on similar charges that Dinesh had. That was political vengence by Bharara as Obama henchman.

was he sent to jail?

bannas...stop aligning yuself wid coolie criminals

3/13/175:29 PM

PrashadSenior Member

The man was in eight months confinement centre. That is jail for honest people like me.

3/13/175:31 PM

Former Member

Prashad posted:
The man was in eight months confinement centre. That is jail for honest people like me.

you support a criminal name Dinesh...what so honest bout that?

3/13/175:34 PM

PrashadSenior Member

I hope that the new Southern district attorney send Bharara to Rikers Island Prison for abuse of office.

3/13/175:35 PM

Former Member

What Bharara might have meant in his cryptic tweet

Washington (CNN)The day after he was fired following a public standoff with President Donald Trump, former US Attorney Preet Bharara tweeted a cryptic message.

Bharara was fired over the weekend after refusing to resign his position as a prominent US attorney who oversees prosecutions on Wall Street. Trump had asked for 46 prosecutors to resign, as is customary during a new administration, but Bharara's refusal to resign created a brief, stunning public standoff Saturday before he was finally dismissed.

"By the way, now I know what the Moreland Commission must have felt like," he wrote on his personal Twitter account on Sunday. He did not provide further explanation and had not tweeted again as of mid-Monday afternoon.

Sunday's tweet was likely as much a shot at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, as it was at Trump. It's been speculated that Bharara could be eyeing a run for political office, perhaps to unseat Cuomo or New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio.

And it was Cuomo who ended the Moreland Commission to which Bharara was referring in his tweet.

New York's Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption searched for information on the outside income earned by state lawmakers, among other ethics probes.

That commission eventually led to the prosecution and sentencing of New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose prominent career concluded last May when he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud and extortion.

But the commission's work was prematurely ended by Cuomo in 2014 in exchange for changes in campaign finance reporting requirements and bribery laws for the legislature, according to the criminal complaint in the Silver case. The complaint alleged that Silver and Cuomo negotiated to kill the commission so it would not learn of Silver's illegal income.

"Today's stiff sentence is a just and fitting end to Sheldon Silver's long career of corruption," Bharara said in May upon Silver's sentencing.

Bharara had investigated the shutdown of the commission, but decided in January 2016 that he did not have enough evidence to show improper meddling or wrongdoing.

"After a thorough investigation of interference with the operation of the Moreland Commission and its premature closing, this office has concluded that, absent any additional proof that may develop, there is insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime," he said in a statement.

Bharara's office had many investigations in the hopper at the time of his firing, including one involving Fox News. Attorneys have been looking into whether 21st Century Fox skirted the law when it paid settlements to people who charged former network chief Roger Ailes with sexual harassment.

"There's really only one political appointee in the office, Bharara, and everyone else, all the other 200-plus prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office here in Manhattan, are career, non-political people," CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said Sunday on "Reliable Sources."

"They will continue their investigations unless and until a new boss tells them to stop," Toobin said. "I mean, the real power of a US attorney is not to control investigations day-to-day but to say, 'Look, we're not pursuing X or we are pursuing Y.' And 'I will not sign an indictment or I will sign an indictment.' The real question will be who comes in to replace him long-term and whether that person has a similarly aggressive attitude."

CNN's Laura Jarrett, Jake Tapper, Brian Stelter, Ray Sanchez, Pilar Melendez and Lorenzo Ferrigno contributed reporting.

3/13/176:30 PM

PrashadSenior Member

Bharara better watch his back. There are works in the pipeline that are and will be looking at his legal conduct closely.

3/13/178:03 PM

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