President Trump on Thursday tweeted out
Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!
Now, I notice the press covering this event is diligently not reporting the salient facts.
D’Souza was indeed guilty of a technical violation of the law, did confess to the crime, and did serve his sentence. All that is true.
D’Souza is a vocal conservative. Also true. The press, even allegedly conservative press, is calling this an abuse of the pardon power, and claiming it is partisan playing favorites. Not true.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said: “Mr. D’Souza was, in the President’s opinion, a victim of selective prosecution for violations of campaign finance laws. ”
This is something of an understatement.
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