Trump pardons conservative provocateur for campaign finance violation

Is Martha Stewart next? No Images? Click here         Dinesh D’Souza Pardoned By Trump For Campaign Finance Violation​ President Donald Trump on Thursday issued “a full pardon” to Dinesh D’Souza, a conservative activist and provocateur who regularly peddles conspiracy theories. D’Souza pleaded guilty in 2014 to violating campaign finance laws with an illegal donation to a GOP Senate candidate. Trump announced the pardon in a tweet, claiming D’Souza “was treated very unfairly by our government!” All of Trump’s presidential pardons have been outside the standard process for issuing pardons run by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Pardon Attorney. Also on Thursday, Trump said on Air Force One that he’s considering issuing pardons or commuting sentences for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and cook and TV personality Martha Stewart. Blagojevich was on Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” TV series, and Stewart hosted “The Apprentice: Martha Stewart,” a spinoff of Trump’s “The Apprentice” series. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? A D.C. judge on Thursday dismissed felony charges against 10 individuals arrested while protesting President Donald Trump’s inauguration, finding that the government violated the due process rights of defendants by failing to turn over evidence it obtained from a right-wing media organization. READ MORE Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continued to pressure North Korea’s top nuclear weapons negotiator about his country’s possible denuclearization on Wednesday as the fate of the planned summit between the two countries hangs in the balance. READ MORE Is Trump's latest pardon a message to his former aides caught in the Russia probe? "Of course," says one former White House aide.  READ MORE         ICYMI Does Rush Limbaugh matter anymore? The shock jock still commands a huge audience, but he’s not standing out in the era of Donald Trump.   Will Democrats back a former Bush official who hates Trump as much as they do? Resistance icon Richard Painter seeks Minnesota’s Democratic Senate nomination, despite having served a GOP president.   More than 45 years after it was approved by Congress, Illinois has become the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.        Want more?  Mitt Romney Reveals His 2016 Vote For President   Kim Kardashian And Donald Trump Met To Talk About Prison Reform   Rudy Giuliani Claims Yankee Stadium Boos Were A Show Of ‘Love’   HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe