US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he was granting full pardon to Indian-American conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was sentenced to five years of probation in 2014 for violating federal campaign law.
In a tweet, Trump said D'Souza was “treated very unfairly”. “Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our Government!” Trump tweeted. Mumbai-born, D'Souza, 57, was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution of $20,000 in 2014 to a New York politician. He was sentenced to five years of probation, including eight months living under supervision in a “community confinement centre”.