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To: bentway who wrote (766934)	1/30/2014 10:37:33 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1575467

Mine do. It's 49er territory. Don't think any watch politics, tho.

To: bentway who wrote (766934)

1/30/2014 11:57:02 AM

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To: bentway who wrote (766934)	1/30/2014 12:05:21 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575467

The prosecutor in the D'Souza case is U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, a former staff member to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and an Obama appointee. Bharara has earned a reputation for his rigorous prosecution of white-collar crime on Wall Street and has been mentioned as a potential successor to Attorney General Eric Holder. Hasen pointed to the cases involving then-Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and then-House Speaker Tom DeLay of Texas, both Republicans, as examples of cases that were politically motivated. In both circumstances their convictions were overturned.

To: bentway who wrote (766934)	1/30/2014 12:06:18 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575467

"What struck me first was that it is unusual in cases like these for the FBI to go out and actually arrest someone, simply because it is not necessary," David Mason, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, told Newsmax. "And even less so in this case because [D'Souza] has enough prominence that it is fairly obvious that he is not a flight risk. White collar indictments are made lots of times without an arrest being made," Mason said. Law enforcement experts tell Newsmax that if the FBI or another federal agency received a tip about a fraudulent act involving just $20,000, the government would likely show little interest in investigating. Mason notes that a violation of $20,000 in contributions is trivial compared to most cases. "The violation involves a pretty small amount for this type of case," said Mason, who was an FEC commissioner from 1998 to 2008. When small amounts of campaign financing regularities are uncovered the matter is usually resolved at a low level.