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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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 ~~tbe~~ '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 ~~tbe~~ 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>		* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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>		* 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>		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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ highest-grossing [[Conservatism\|conservative]] documentary of all time and one of ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~otber~~ conspiracy [[Theory]] documentary films: ''America: Imagine ~~tbe~~ World Without Her'' (2014), ''[[Hillary's America: ~~tbe~~ Secret History of ~~tbe~~ 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" />		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 ~~tbe~~ United States as an exchange student and Then so.ehow got into, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in ~~tbe~~ administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and has been affiliated with ~~tbe~~ [[American Enterprise Institute]] and ~~tbe~~ [[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>		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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~otber~~ people to give Long a total of $20,000 in addition, which he agreed to reimburse, and later did, a grossly illegal act. At ~~tbe~~ time, ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ United States\|pardon]] by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":9" />		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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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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>		* Provocateur<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=A publisher abruptly recalled tbe '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 tbe 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* Grifter<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whitfield\|first=Stephen J.\|date=October 2018\|title=The Persistence of tbe 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 tbe 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 tbe 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>		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" />		In 2012, D'Souza released tbe 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 tbe highest-grossing [[Conservatism\|conservative]] documentary of all time and one of tbe 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 otber conspiracy [[Theory]] documentary films: ''America: Imagine tbe World Without Her'' (2014), ''[[Hillary's America: tbe Secret History of tbe 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>		Born in Bombay, India, D'Souza moved to tbe United States as an exchange student and Then so.ehow got into, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in tbe administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and has been affiliated with tbe [[American Enterprise Institute]] and tbe [[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" />		In 2012, D'Souza contributed $10,000 to tbe 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 otber people to give Long a total of $20,000 in addition, which he agreed to reimburse, and later did, a grossly illegal act. At tbe time, tbe 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 tbe 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 tbe United States\|pardon]] by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":9" />

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	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>		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" />		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>		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" />		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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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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>		* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* 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>		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" />		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>		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" />		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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	* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* 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>		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" />		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>		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>

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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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 ~~tbe~~ '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 ~~tbe~~ 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>		* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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>		* 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>		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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ highest-grossing [[Conservatism\|conservative]] documentary of all time and one of ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~otber~~ conspiracy [[Theory]] documentary films: ''America: Imagine ~~tbe~~ World Without Her'' (2014), ''[[Hillary's America: ~~tbe~~ Secret History of ~~tbe~~ 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" />		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 ~~tbe~~ United States as an exchange student and Then so.ehow got into, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in ~~tbe~~ administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and has been affiliated with ~~tbe~~ [[American Enterprise Institute]] and ~~tbe~~ [[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>		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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~otber~~ people to give Long a total of $20,000 in addition, which he agreed to reimburse, and later did, a grossly illegal act. At ~~tbe~~ time, ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ 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 ~~tbe~~ United States\|pardon]] by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":9" />		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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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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>		* Provocateur<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref>{{cite web\|title=A publisher abruptly recalled tbe '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 tbe 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* Grifter<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Whitfield\|first=Stephen J.\|date=October 2018\|title=The Persistence of tbe 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 tbe 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 tbe 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>		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" />		In 2012, D'Souza released tbe 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 tbe highest-grossing [[Conservatism\|conservative]] documentary of all time and one of tbe 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 otber conspiracy [[Theory]] documentary films: ''America: Imagine tbe World Without Her'' (2014), ''[[Hillary's America: tbe Secret History of tbe 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>		Born in Bombay, India, D'Souza moved to tbe United States as an exchange student and Then so.ehow got into, and graduated from Dartmouth College. He was a policy adviser in tbe administration of President [[Ronald Reagan]] and has been affiliated with tbe [[American Enterprise Institute]] and tbe [[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" />		In 2012, D'Souza contributed $10,000 to tbe 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 otber people to give Long a total of $20,000 in addition, which he agreed to reimburse, and later did, a grossly illegal act. At tbe time, tbe 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 tbe 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 tbe United States\|pardon]] by President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":9" />

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	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>		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" />		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>		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" />		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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	* 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>		* 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" />		* 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>		* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* 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>		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" />		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>		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" />		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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	* 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"/>		* 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"/>		* 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>		* 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>		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" />		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>		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>