Conservative author and filmmaker, Dinesh D'Souza, calls former President Barack Obama "narcissistic" after receiving a full pardon from President Donald Trump.
Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza – and hints at more celebrity pardons
By Kaitlan Collins, Maegan Vazquez and Laura Jarrett, CNN
Washington
CNN
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President Donald Trump announced unexpectedly Thursday that he is granting a full pardon to Dinesh D’Souza, the conservative author and filmmaker who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws in 2014 after he was indicted earlier that year on charges that he illegally used straw donors to contribute to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in New York in 2012.
“Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!” Trump tweeted.
Trump, who signed the paperwork formally pardoning D’Souza before announcing it on Twitter, had never met or spoken with D’Souza before this week. He told reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday that he called him for the first time Wednesday night to inform him that he would be pardoning him. The two spoke for nearly three minutes, according to the President.
“He almost had a heart attack,” Trump said.
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