'Obama' filmmaker charged in NY in campaign fraud

A conservative scholar and author known recently for his critical works on President Barack Obama was indicted in New York on charges he violated campaign finance laws, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Federal prosecutors said Dinesh D'Souza, who made the anti-Obama documentary "2016: Obama's America," was scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges he directed $20,000 in illegal contributions to be made in the New York Senate race in 2012. The candidate he supported was Wendy Long, who lost to Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand.

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