Dinesh D'Souza

Dinesh D'Souza
D'Souza in 2020
Born
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza

(1961-04-25) April 25, 1961 (age 63)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Citizenship
  • United States
  • India (1961–1991)
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
OccupationPolitical commentator
Known forRight-wing populism, Christian apologetics, political commentary, and filmmaking
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Dixie Brubaker
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(m. 1992; div. 2012)​
Deborah Fancher
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(m. 2016)​
Children1
RelativesBrandon Gill (son-in-law)
Websitewww.dineshdsouza.com Edit this at Wikidata

Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (/dɪˈnɛʃ dəˈsuːzə/; born April 25, 1961) is an American right-wing[1][2][3] political commentator, conspiracy theorist, author and filmmaker.[4][5][6][23] He has made several financially successful films,[24] and written over a dozen books, several of them New York Times best-sellers.[25][26]

Born in Mumbai to Catholic parents, D'Souza moved to the United States as an exchange student 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.[8] He became a naturalized citizen in 1991.[27] From 2010 to 2012, he was president of The King's College, a Christian school in New York City, until he resigned after an alleged adultery scandal.[28]

In 2012, D'Souza released the conspiracist political film[29] 2016: Obama's America, an anti-Barack Obama polemic based on his 2010 book The Roots of Obama's Rage; it earned $33 million, making it the highest-grossing political film of all time.[30][31] He has since released five other conspiracist political films:[32] America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014), Hillary's America (2016), 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 conspiracy theories and falsehoods,[37] as well as for their incendiary nature.[25]

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. 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.[38][39] He was sentenced to eight months incarceration in a halfway house near his home in San Diego, five years' probation, and a $30,000 fine.[40][41] In 2018, D'Souza was issued a pardon by President Donald Trump.[42]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Nash (May 31, 2018). "President Trump Says He's Pardoning Dinesh D'Souza. Who's That, and What Did He Do?". Time.
  2. ^ Breuninger, Kevin; Higgins, Tucker (May 31, 2018). "Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation". CNBC.
  3. ^ Shugerman, Emily (May 31, 2018). "Dinesh D'Souza: Trump 'will give full pardon' to right-wing theorist for campaign finance violations". The Independent.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Nash (May 31, 2018). "President Trump Says He's Pardoning Dinesh D'Souza. Who's That, and What Did He Do?". Time.
  5. ^ Breuninger, Kevin; Higgins, Tucker (May 31, 2018). "Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation". CNBC.
  6. ^ Shugerman, Emily (May 31, 2018). "Dinesh D'Souza: Trump 'will give full pardon' to right-wing theorist for campaign finance violations". The Independent.
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  9. ^ a b c d Wilson, Jason (May 31, 2018). "Dinesh D'Souza: far-right provocateur and key figure in US culture wars". The Guardian. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Da Silva, Chantal (February 21, 2018). "Florida school shooting survivor hits out at right-wing pundit Dinesh D'Souza for mocking grieving students". Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c Namako, Tom; Georgantopoulos, Mary Ann (May 31, 2018). "Trump Says He Will Pardon Far-Right Commentator Dinesh D'Souza". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  12. ^ Tom Dreisbach (September 8, 2022). "A publisher abruptly recalled the '2,000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy". All Things Considered. NPR. the conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza
  13. ^ Anthony Zurcher (May 31, 2018). "Dinesh D'Souza: Why did Trump pardon the provocateur?". BBC News. all-around political provocateur
  14. ^ provocateur Dinesh D'Souza (May 31, 2018). "Trump pardons Dinesh D'Souza, says he may do same for Martha Stewart and cut sentence of ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich". Los Angeles Times.
  15. ^ a b Howard, Adam (July 22, 2016). "Dinesh D'Souza, Conservative Firebrand, Set to Debut Anti-Clinton Film". NBC News. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  16. ^ Whitfield, Stephen J. (October 2018). "The Persistence of the Protocols". Society. 55 (5): 417–421. doi:10.1007/s12115-018-0282-6. ISSN 0147-2011. S2CID 150256723. Most recently the conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza accused Soros of supporting antifa, that is, of backing 'domestic terrorism.'
  17. ^ Langer, Armin (April 2, 2021), Önnerfors, Andreas; Krouwel, André (eds.), "The eternal George Soros", Europe: Continent of Conspiracies (1 ed.), Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 163–184, doi:10.4324/9781003048640-9, ISBN 978-1-003-04864-0, S2CID 233615606, The US conspiracy theorist and pro-Trump commentator Dinesh D'Souza...
  18. ^ "Trump pardons right-wing conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza — World News with Matt Bevan". Radio National. June 1, 2018.
  19. ^ Savan, Leslie (July 8, 2014). "ABC News Helps Dinesh D'Souza Hype His Latest Conspiracy Theory". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  20. ^ Jones, Sarah (May 31, 2018). "Grifters All the Way Down". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  21. ^ Stern, Marlow (May 31, 2018). "Trevor Noah Compares Trump-Pardoned Dinesh D'Souza to KKK 'Grand Wizard'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  22. ^ Rodgers, Jennifer (March 19, 2019). "Trump is turning his pardon power into a shield". CNN. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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  24. ^ Vasquez, Zach (August 14, 2018). "From box office to Oval Office: Can a film ever lead to political change?". The Guardian.
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  28. ^ Kaminer, Ariel (October 19, 2012). "Dinesh D'Souza is out as King's college president in scandal". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  29. ^ "If it can happen to me, it can happen to you: The world according to "Police State"".
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  31. ^ Smith, Grady (August 28, 2012). "How 2016: Obama's America became a box office hit – and where it goes from here". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  32. ^ "If it can happen to me, it can happen to you: The world according to "Police State"".
  33. ^ Weigel, David (January 27, 2014). "Conspiracy of Dunces". Slate. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  34. ^ Peretz, Evgenia (April 13, 2015). "Get a Rare Glimpse of Dinesh D'Souza's Life After Conviction". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  35. ^ Zurcher, Anthony (May 31, 2018). "Why did Trump pardon Dinesh D'Souza?". BBC. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  36. ^ Mark, Michelle. "Trump announces he will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in 2014". Business Insider. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  37. ^ [25][33][34][35][36][11]
  38. ^ "Dinesh D'Souza Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Five Years of Probation for Campaign Finance Fraud". September 23, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  39. ^ Graham, David A. (September 19, 2017). "Is Trump's 'Wiretap' Claim Vindicated?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
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