In 2012, conservative polemicist Dinesh D'Souza contributed $20,000 via a straw donor for his friend Wend Long's quixotic campaign to become Senator from New York. His infraction was zealously prosecuted by politically connected US Prosecutor from the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara.
In 2014, D'Souza entered a plea for a one count felony charge. D'Souza's sentence was for eight months in a half way house, five years probation and a $30,000 fine.
This was perhaps the first time that someone was sentenced to prison for a minor FEC infraction. Liberal Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz noted that such campaign violations were common and questioned if it was a proper exercise of prosecutorial discretion. Many conservatives believe that Bharara threw the book at D'Souza as payback for cinematic success of "2016: Obama's America" (2012). Bharara was thought to be a front runner to replace Obama Attorney General Eric Holder in 2014. 
On May 31, 2018 President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would grant D'Souza a full pardon because he was very unfairly treated by our government.
President Barack Obama granted clemency to 1,715 nonviolent criminals, many of them were for drug dealers and even a terrorist. Obama granted more commutations than the prior twelve Presidents. The mainstream media lauded the Obama Administration as being tolerant.
It is dubious that the media accredited Democrat steno-pool will apply the same standards towards President Trump regarding Dinesh D'Souza.
