Trump Says He’s Giving Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza
President Donald Trump says he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud. As he left Washington for a trip to Texas, Trump tweeted: “Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!” D’Souza, a conservative filmmaker, author and speaker was sentenced in September 2014 in federal court in New York to five years of probation…