Once a prominent member of conservative intellectual circles, Dinesh D'Souza is best known for his bizarre, false, and inflammatory smears of Democrats and the left. D'Souza stooped to a new low during the Obama administration when he adopted a racist tone in his books and films about the former president. D'Souza pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance law in 2014, but President Donald Trump pardoned him in 2018 following a lobbying campaign by his supporters.