Supporting Dinesh D'Souza

In "First They Came for Indian Immigrant Documentary Filmmakers," John Hinderraker writes:

The Obama administration has unleashed a series of attacks on conservatives that at present has no end in sight. One of those attacks was the indictment of Dinesh D’Souza, whose anti-Obama film 2016 is the second biggest-grossing political documentary of all time. D’Souza is accused of contributing $20,000, more than the legal limit, to the Senate candidacy of his friend Wendy Long. The U.S. Attorney in New York announced a “zero tolerance” policy with regard to campaign finance, and D’Souza was arraigned in New York, handcuffed briefly, and released on $500,000 bond.

Consider that for a moment: the magnitude of his offense was $20,000 (less, actually, since his donation was legal up to the maximum), while bail was set at $500,000...

Hinderraker reminds readers that no charges were ever filed against the campaign finance violations of the Obama 2008 and 2012 campaigns, and that incidents of ballot fraud have been largely ignored.

He also suggests D'Souza deserves conservatives' support:

Dinesh D’Souza has had a tough year, both personally and professionally. He has also clashed, on occasion, with fellow conservatives, including some of us. But now more than ever, conservatives need to heed Benjamin Franklin’s injunction to hang together. Not all conservatives like the Tea Party, or D’Souza, or Chris Christie, or the Koch brothers, or whoever the next target may prove to be. But the Democrats have launched a broad attack against conservatives of all stripes, and they are willing to misuse all of the powers of the federal government to squash dissent. Conservatives can only counter this aggression by sticking together.

So we should support Dinesh however we can, beginning by questioning whether his indictment is a case of selective enforcement. We conservatives are in favor of enforcing election laws: let’s put all the pressure we can on Democrats to enforce them all, uniformly. And let’s go see Dinesh’s new movie, America, which will debut on the 4th of July.