and a gentle tap on the wrist.

He'll also have no reason to avoid breaking the law. He'll just learn to hide it a little better.

upper end, in light of the making false statements.

The judge has wide latitude.

not sure I will get my wish

1) Gets away with myriad offenses life long, so one Guilty plea is nothing.

2) He’s one of vicious, vile Laura INGRAHAM’s ex-boyfriends, who together with her back in college posted flyers around campus “outing” Gays, got Bill MAHER’s t.v. show axed for something HE/D’SOUZA said, pitiful propagandist.

3) This crime he committed was to fund a Rethug in New York? In other words, doing the crime for the sake of a candidate who couldn’t win anyway?! That’s so smart.

4) So the LYING charge will be dismissed because, well, lying is just DNA for Rethugs.

(Won't happen, but I can dream.)

D'Souza, not so much.

Whats the typical sentence for his charge?

And then John Cleese, dressed in a gladiator costume, will tell him not to do it again.

Then make money on the lecture and book circuit.

It pretty much opened Pandora's box on the issue, but some people can't even abide by those rules.

Or, perhaps, he'd need to restructure the transactions slightly, using a dummy corporation instead of using human-type people. I'm not sure of the details of his arrangement.

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself....

Per the linked article, in entering the guilty plea he said, "I knew that causing a campaign contribution to be made in the name of another was wrong and something the law forbids. I deeply regret my conduct."

In other words: My attempt to scam you failed, so now I want to act remorseful in the hope of getting a light sentence.

Judge Berman is a Clinton appointee so maybe we can hope that D'Souza will actually get to see the inside of a cell.