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‘Schindler’s List’ Producer: Obama Wants To ‘Lock Up’ Foes
‘This administration doesn’t see its opponents as dissenters but as enemies’
WND
NEW YORK – “Schindler’s List” producer Gerald Molen, who is working on a new film with conservative author Dinesh D’Souza, says he will be watching for a federal court to deliver justice when a sentencing hearing is held in the fall on D’Souza’s violation of campaign laws.
D’Souza on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one part of a federal indictment in a plea bargain that had prosecutors give up on the worst counts. He will be sentenced in September.
There have been claims the case was a politically charged prosecution from the outset. Molen said he will be among those watching to make sure politics don’t influence the sentencing.
Molen issued a statement after D’Souza’s court hearing Tuesday.
“This administration doesn’t see its opponents as dissenters but as enemies, and if they can’t refute you, they try to lock you up,” he said.
“Normally these types of offenses are resolved with fines or community service. I and the American people will be watching closely to make sure that justice is done in the sentencing portion.”
In January, Molen’s response to D’Souza’s indictment also was blunt.
“When Dinesh D’Souza can be prosecuted for making a movie, every American should ask themselves one question: ‘What will I do to preserve the First Amendment?’” Molen, the producer of “2016: Obama’s America,” told WND at the time.
In addition to the 2012 campaign-rocking “2016,” D’Souza has an upcoming film called “America,” which imagines what the world would be like without the nation.
D’Souza’s “2016″ was the No. 2 political documentary of all time, Molen noted, “and it obviously got the attention of our rulers.”
Federal authorities accused D’Souza of donating more than the legal requirement to the campaign of Republican Wendy Long, who lost the race for the Senate seat in New York.
The indictment charges D’Souza donated $20,000 to Long’s campaign by aggregating the money from various people and falsely reporting the source of the funds.
Reposted with permission
