Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
25.04.1961 (63 gadi) (Bombay, Maharashtra, India)
Dinesh Joseph D'Souza (; born April 25, 1961) is an Indian-born American far-right political provocateur, author, filmmaker, conspiracy theorist and convicted felon. Born in Bombay, D'Souza moved to the United States as an exchange student and graduated from Dartmouth College. He became a naturalized citizen in 1991. 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.In 2014, D'Souza pleaded guilty in federal court to one felony charge of using a "straw donor" to make an illegal campaign contribution to a 2012 United States Senate campaign. He was sentenced to eight months in a halfway house near his home in San Diego, five years' probation, and a $30,000 fine. In 2018, D'Souza was issued a pardon by President Donald Trump.D'Souza has written over a dozen books, several of them have been New York Times best-sellers. In 2012, D'Souza released the documentary film 2016: Obama's America, an anti-Obama polemic based on his 2010 book The Roots of Obama's Rage; it earned $33 million, making it the highest-grossing conservative documentary of all time and one of the highest-grossing documentaries of any kind. He has since released three other documentary films: America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014), Hillary's America (2016) and Death of a Nation (2018). D'Souza's films and commentary have generated considerable controversy due to their promotion of conspiracy theories and falsehoods, as well as for their incendiary nature.