<p class="title">US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was granting full pardon to Indian-American conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, who was sentenced to five years of probation in 2014 for violating federal campaign law.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a tweet, Trump said D'Souza was “treated very unfairly".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!” Trump tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mumbai-born, D’Souza, 57, was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution of USD 20,000 in 2014 to a New York politician. </p>.<p class="bodytext">D'Souza, who is a conservative filmmaker and political commentator, pleaded guilty in 2014 to using straw donors for illegally contributing money to a 2012 Senate campaign for his friend Wendy Long.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was sentenced to five years of probation, including eight months living under supervision in a "community confinement centre" and a $30,000 fine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump has pardoned several people during his 16 months in office, including former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff "Scooter" Libby and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Author of several New York Times bestselling books, the Indian-American has stirred controversy on social media for his offensive comments directed towards former President Barack Obama.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2012, his movie '2016: Obama’s America’s' which was based on his anti-Obama book had become the second-highest-grossing political documentary film produced in the US.</p>.<p class="bodytext">D’Souza, who comes from a Roman Catholic family from Goa, had launched campaign against both Obama and the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is a big supporter of Trump.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is the author of nearly 20 book and producer of four movies, with the latest one being “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian American did not immediately comment on the presidential pardon, except retweeting Trump’s tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Top Indian American attorney Preet Bharara opposed the pardon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The president has the right to pardon but the facts are these: D'Souza intentionally broke the law, voluntarily pled guilty, apologised for his conduct and the judge found no unfairness. The career prosecutors and agents did their job. Period,” Bharara tweeted.</p>
<p class="title">US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was granting full pardon to Indian-American conservative commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, who was sentenced to five years of probation in 2014 for violating federal campaign law.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a tweet, Trump said D'Souza was “treated very unfairly".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!” Trump tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mumbai-born, D’Souza, 57, was convicted of making an illegal campaign contribution of USD 20,000 in 2014 to a New York politician. </p>.<p class="bodytext">D'Souza, who is a conservative filmmaker and political commentator, pleaded guilty in 2014 to using straw donors for illegally contributing money to a 2012 Senate campaign for his friend Wendy Long.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was sentenced to five years of probation, including eight months living under supervision in a "community confinement centre" and a $30,000 fine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump has pardoned several people during his 16 months in office, including former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff "Scooter" Libby and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Author of several New York Times bestselling books, the Indian-American has stirred controversy on social media for his offensive comments directed towards former President Barack Obama.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In 2012, his movie '2016: Obama’s America’s' which was based on his anti-Obama book had become the second-highest-grossing political documentary film produced in the US.</p>.<p class="bodytext">D’Souza, who comes from a Roman Catholic family from Goa, had launched campaign against both Obama and the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is a big supporter of Trump.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He is the author of nearly 20 book and producer of four movies, with the latest one being “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Indian American did not immediately comment on the presidential pardon, except retweeting Trump’s tweet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Top Indian American attorney Preet Bharara opposed the pardon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The president has the right to pardon but the facts are these: D'Souza intentionally broke the law, voluntarily pled guilty, apologised for his conduct and the judge found no unfairness. The career prosecutors and agents did their job. Period,” Bharara tweeted.</p>