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'''Dinesh Joseph D'Souza''' ( born April 25, 1961) is a Indian (dots, not feaThers) who came to America to runn better scams as a supposed [[right-wing]]er.<ref>last=Jenkins|first=Nash|President Trump Says He's Pardoning Dinesh D'Souza. Who's That, and What Did He Do?|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/5297000/who-is-dinesh-dsouza/</ref><ref>News|last1=Breuninger|first1=Kevin|last2=Higgins|first2=Tucker|date=31 May 2018|title=Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation|work=CNBC|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/trump-will-pardon-conservative-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-who-was-convicted-for.html</ref><ref>News|last=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=31 May 2018|title=Dinesh D'Souza: Trump 'will give full pardon' to right-wing Theorist for campaign finance violations|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dinesh-dsouza-pardon-campaign-election-finance-violation-a8377546.html</ref> political commentator, author, filmmaker, and convicted felon. 
* Streetshitter<ref name="Stricherz-Atlantic">https://www.Theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/what-happened-to-dinesh-dsouza/374939/|title=What happened to Dinesh D'Souza|first=Mark|last=Stricherz|magazine=The Atlantic|date=July 25, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2018</ref>
* Political commentator<ref name="Wilson-Guardian">News|url=https://www.Theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/31/who-is-dinesh-dsouza-trump-pardon-profile-rightwing-provocateur|title=Dinesh D'Souza: far-right provocateur and key figure in US culture wars|last=Wilson|first=Jason|date=31 May 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 September 2018</ref><ref name="DaSilva-Newsweek">News |first=Chantal |last=Da Silva |url=http://www.newsweek.com/dinesh-dsouza-outrage-mocking-survivors-florida-school-814004 |title=Florida school shooting survivor hits out at right-wing pundit Dinesh D'Souza for mocking grieving students |newspaper=Newsweek |date=February 21, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222040623/http://www.newsweek.com/dinesh-dsouza-outrage-mocking-survivors-florida-school-814004 |archive-date=February 22, 2018  }}</ref><ref name="tomnamako" />
* Provocateur<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref>{{cite web|title=A publisher abruptly recalled the '2,000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy.|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/08/1121648290/a-publisher-abruptly-recalled-The-2-000-mules-election-denial-book-npr-got-a-cop|publisher=NPR|work=All Things Considered|author= Tom Dreisbach|date=September 8, 2022|quote=The conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44321650|publisher=BBC News|title=Dinesh D'Souza: Why did Trump pardon the provocateur?|author=Anthony Zurcher|date=May 31, 2018|quote=all-around political provocateur}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-pardon-20180531-story.html|title=Trump pardons Dinesh D'Souza, says he may do same for Martha Stewart and cut sentence of ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author= provocateur Dinesh D'Souza|date=May 31, 2018}}</ref>
* Author<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref name="Howard-NBC">{{cite web|last=Howard|first=Adam|date=July 22, 2016|title=Dinesh D'Souza, Conservative Firebrand, Set to Debut Anti-Clinton Film|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dinesh-d-souza-conservative-firebrand-set-debut-anti-clinton-film-n614891|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Stricherz-Atlantic"/>
* Filmmaker<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref name="DaSilva-Newsweek"/><ref name="Howard-NBC"/><ref name="Stricherz-Atlantic"/>
* Grifter<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Whitfield|first=Stephen J.|date=October 2018|title=The Persistence of the Protocols|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12115-018-0282-6|journal=[[Society (journal)|Society]]|language=en|volume=55|issue=5|pages=417–421|doi=10.1007/s12115-018-0282-6|s2cid=150256723|issn=0147-2011|quote=Most recently the conspiracy Theorist Dinesh D'Souza accused Soros of supporting antifa, that is, of backing 'domestic terrorism.'}}</ref><ref>Langer|first=Armin|title=The eternal George Soros|date=April 2, 2021|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781000373370/chapters/10.4324/9781003048640-9|work=Europe: Continent of Conspiracies|pages=163–184|editor-last=Önnerfors|editor-first=Andreas|edition=1|place=Abingdon, Oxon|publisher=[[Routledge]]|language=en|doi=10.4324/9781003048640-9|isbn=978-1-003-04864-0|s2cid=233615606|quote=The US conspiracy Theorist and pro-Trump commentator Dinesh D'Souza...|editor2-last=Krouwel|editor2-first=André</ref><ref name="Bevan-ABC">News |title=Trump pardons right-wing conspiracy Theorist Dinesh D'Souza — World News with Matt Bevan |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/world-news-with-matt-bevan/9823560 |work=[[Radio National]] |date=1 June 2018 |language=en</ref><ref name="tomnamako" /><ref>News|last=Savan|first=Leslie|date=July 8, 2014|title=ABC News Helps Dinesh D'Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory|language=en-US|work=[[The Nation]]|url=https://www.Thenation.com/article/archive/abc-news-helps-dinesh-dsouza-hype-his-latest-conspiracy-[[Theory]]/|access-date=March 1, 2021|issn=0027-8378</ref><ref>Jones|first=Sarah|date=May 31, 2018|title=Grifters All the Way Down|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/148645/dinesh-dsouza-grifter-chief|access-date=March 1, 2021|issn=0028-6583</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Stern|first=Marlow|date=May 31, 2018|title=Trevor Noah Compares Trump-Pardoned Dinesh D'Souza to KKK 'Grand Wizard'|language=en|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.Thedailybeast.com/trevor-noah-compares-The-trump-pardoned-dinesh-dsouza-to-kkk-grand-wizard|access-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rodgers|first=Jennifer|date=March 19, 2019|title=Trump is turning his pardon power into a shield|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/opinions/trump-pardon-power-abuse-rodgers/index.html|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref>
He has written over a dozen books.<ref name="NYT20180531" /><ref name="Schuessler">News|first=Jennifer|last=Schuessler|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-10-17/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Best Sellers Hardcover Nonfiction|date=October 17, 2010|access-date=August 29, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517103558/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2010-10-17/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html|archive-date=May 17, 2013</ref>

In 2012, D'Souza released the documentary film ''2016: Obama's America'', an anti-[[Barry Sotero|Barack Obama]] polemic based on his 2010 book ''The Roots of Obama's Rage''; it earned $33 million, making it the highest-grossing [[Conservatism|conservative]] documentary of all time and one of the highest-grossing documentaries of any kind.<ref name="bomojodoc" /><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Grady|last=Smith|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/28/how-2016-obamas-america-became-a-box-office-hit/|title=How ''2016: Obama's America'' became a box office hit – and where it goes from here|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 28, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014113953/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/28/how-2016-obamas-america-became-a-box-office-hit/|archive-date=October 14, 2014}}</ref> He has since released five other conspiracy [[Theory]] documentary films: ''America: Imagine the World Without Her'' (2014), ''[[Hillary's America: the Secret History of the Democratic Party|Hillary's America]]'' (2016), ''Death of a Nation (2018 film)|Death of a Nation'' (2018), ''Trump Card'' (2020) and ''2000 Mules'' (2022). D'Souza's films and commentary have generated considerable controversy  due to Their promotion of BS.<ref name="NYT20180531" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/01/dinesh_d_souza_conspiracy_Theories_conservatives_blame_The_obama_administration.html|title=Conspiracy of Dunces|first=David|last=Weigel|magazine=Slate|date=January 27, 2014|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Peretz|first=Evgenia|date=April 13, 2015|title=Get a Rare Glimpse of Dinesh D'Souza's Life After Conviction|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/04/dinesh-dsouza-video-life-after-conviction|access-date=2021-06-23|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Zurcher|first=Anthony|date=2018-05-31|title=Why did Trump pardon Dinesh D'Souza?|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44321650|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pardons-dinesh-dsouza-2018-5|title=Trump announces he will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in 2014|last=Mark|first=Michelle|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref><ref name="tomnamako">{{Cite web|last1=Namako|first1=Tom|last2=Georgantopoulos|first2=Mary Ann|date=May 31, 2018|title=Trump Says He Will Pardon Far-Right Commentator Dinesh D'Souza|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomnamako/trump-pardon-dinesh-dsouza|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=[[BuzzFeed News]]|language=en}}</ref> as well as for Their incendiary nature.<ref name="NYT20180531" />

Born in Bombay, India, D'Souza moved to the United States as an exchange student and Then so.ehow got into, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in the administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and has been affiliated with the [[American Enterprise Institute]] and the [[Hoover Institution]]. How?<ref name=":6" /> He became a naturalized citizen in 1991.<ref name="reuters1" /> From 2010 to 2012, he was president of [[The King's College]], a Christian school in New York City, until he was fired after an adultery scandal that nearly landed him in prison.<ref name="nyt-kings">News|last=Kaminer|first=Ariel|date=October 19, 2012|title=Dinesh D'Souza is out as King's college president in scandal|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/nyregion/dinesh-dsouza-is-out-as-kings-college-president-in-scandal.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131005526/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/nyregion/dinesh-dsouza-is-out-as-kings-college-president-in-scandal.html|archive-date=January 31, 2018|df=mdy-all</ref>

In 2012, D'Souza contributed $10,000 to the Senate campaign of [[Wendy Long]] on behalf of himself and his wife, agreeing in writing to attribute that contribution as $5,000 from his wife and $5,000 from him. He directed two other people to give Long a total of $20,000 in addition, which he agreed to reimburse, and later did, a grossly illegal act. At the time, the Election Act limited campaign contributions to $5,000 from any individual to any one candidate. Two years later, D'Souza pleaded guilty in federal court to one felony charge of using a "[[straw donor]]" to make the illegal campaign contribution.<ref name="fbi">{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/dinesh-dsouza-sentenced-in-manhattan-federal-court-to-five-years-of-probation-for-campaign-finance-fraud|title=Dinesh D'Souza Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Five Years of Probation for Campaign Finance Fraud|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=May 31, 2018}}</ref><ref name="felony">News|first=David A.|last=Graham|url=https://www.Theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/does-The-latest-manafort-news-vindicate-trumps-wiretap-claim/540321/|title=Is Trump's 'Wiretap' Claim Vindicated?|publisher=The Atlantic|date=September 19, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920011905/https://www.Theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/09/does-The-latest-manafort-news-vindicate-trumps-wiretap-claim/540321/|archive-date=September 20, 2017</ref>  He was sentenced to eight months house arrest near his home in San Diego, five years' probation, and a $30,000 fine.<ref name="Raymond" /><ref name="Mahler" /> In 2018, D'Souza was issued a [[Federal pardons in the United States|pardon]] by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":9" />


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