President Trump announced Thursday that he was granting a pardon to conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza.
“Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!” the president tweeted[1].
Mr. D’Souza was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution in 2014.
He pleaded guilty to giving $20,000 to New York politician Wendy Long and was sentenced to five years probation, eight months in a halfway house and paid a $30,000 fine.
It was the fifth pardon granted by Mr. Trump in 16 months in office.
He pardoned former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for contempt of court; Kristian Mark Saucier for unauthorized retention of defense information; Lewis “Scooter” Libby for obstruction of justice and perjury; and boxing legend Jack Johnson for violating transporting a white woman across state lines.
Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!...