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'''Dinesh Joseph D'Souza''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɪ|ˈ|n|ɛ|ʃ|_|d|ə|ˈ|s|uː|z|ə}}; born April 25, 1961) is an American [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Jenkins|first=Nash|date=31 May 2018|title=President Trump Says He's Pardoning Dinesh D'Souza. Who's That, and What Did He Do?|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://time.com/5297000/who-is-dinesh-dsouza/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Breuninger|first1=Kevin|last2=Higgins|first2=Tucker|date=31 May 2018|title=Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation|work=[[CNBC]]|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/trump-will-pardon-conservative-pundit-dinesh-dsouza-who-was-convicted-for.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=31 May 2018|title=Dinesh D'Souza: Trump 'will give full pardon' to right-wing theorist for campaign finance violations|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dinesh-dsouza-pardon-campaign-election-finance-violation-a8377546.html}}</ref><!--"Right-wing" as a descriptor is the consensus per an RfC closure in March 2021. --> political commentator, [[conspiracy theorist]], author, filmmaker and convictedfilmmaker. felonHe whohas receivedmade aseveral Presidentialfinancially pardonsuccessful by [[Donald Trump]] for his crimes.films,<ref>{{Citecite news magazine|last url=Jenkins|first=Nash|date=31 May https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/14/spike-lee-michael-moore-dinesh-dsouza-can-a-film-change-politics | title=PresidentFrom Trumpbox Saysoffice He'sto PardoningOval DineshOffice: D'Souza.Can Who'sa That,film andever Whatlead Didto Hepolitical Dochange? |magazine newspaper=[[TimeThe Guardian (magazine)|Time]] date=August 14, 2018 |url last1=https://time.com/5297000/who-is-dinesh-dsouza/Vasquez | first1=Zach }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Breuninger|first1=Kevin|last2=Higgins|first2=Tucker|date=31and Maywritten 2018|title=Trumpover willa pardondozen conservativebooks, punditseveral Dineshof D'Souza,them who[[The wasNew convictedYork ofTimes campaignBest financeSeller violationlist|work=[[CNBC''New York Times'' best-sellers]].<ref name="NYT20180531" /><ref name="Schuessler">{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Schuessler|url=https://www.cnbcnytimes.com/2018/05/31/trumpbest-willsellers-pardonbooks/2010-conservative10-pundit17/hardcover-dinesh-dsouza-who-was-convicted-fornonfiction/list.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|lastnewspaper=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=31[[The MayNew York 2018Times]]|title=DineshBest D'Souza:Sellers TrumpHardcover 'willNonfiction|date=October give17, full pardon' to right2010|access-wingdate=August theorist29, for campaign finance violations2012|workurl-status=[[The Independent]]live|archive-url=https://wwwweb.independentarchive.co.ukorg/newsweb/world20130517103558/americashttp:/us-politics/trumpwww.nytimes.com/best-dineshsellers-dsouzabooks/2010-pardon10-campaign17/hardcover-election-finance-violation-a8377546nonfiction/list.html|archive-date=May 17, 2013}}</ref>{{refn|Multiple sources:
* Indian-American<ref name="Stricherz-Atlantic">{{cite magazine|url=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><ref name=":6" />
* Political commentator<ref name="Wilson-Guardian">{{Cite 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">{{cite news |first=Chantal |last=Da Silva |author-link=Chantal 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" /><ref name=":6" />
* 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"/><ref name=":6" />
* Filmmaker<ref name="Wilson-Guardian"/><ref name="DaSilva-Newsweek"/><ref name="Howard-NBC"/><ref name="Stricherz-Atlantic"/>
* Conspiracy theorist<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>{{Citation|last=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">{{cite 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>{{Cite 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>{{Cite magazine|last=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 made several financially successful films,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/14/spike-lee-michael-moore-dinesh-dsouza-can-a-film-change-politics | title=From box office to Oval Office: Can a film ever lead to political change? | newspaper=The Guardian | date=August 14, 2018 | last1=Vasquez | first1=Zach }}</ref> and written over a dozen books, several of them [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best-sellers]].<ref name="NYT20180531" /><ref name="Schuessler">{{cite 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>
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]].<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 (New York)|The King's College]], a Christian school in New York City, until he resigned after an alleged adultery scandal.<ref name="nyt-kings">{{Cite 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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