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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Ted Cruz helped get Dinesh D'Souza his presidential pardon
Washington (CNN)Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz played a key role in convincing President Donald Trump to pardon Dinesh D'Souza, a well-known conservative filmmaker and writer, who pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign donations in 2014.
According to D'Souza, it was Cruz who raised the issue with Trump and made D'Souza's pardoning a priority.
D'Souza told CNN in a phone interview Friday that roughly a month ago, he and his wife Debbie met with Ted and Heidi Cruz for dinner at the Cruz's home in Houston. It was at the dinner, that the issue came up and according to D'Souza, Cruz made it clear that he wanted to help D'Souza be pardoned.
"Ted Cruz said he had a strong conviction that I had been treated badly and unfairly and was determined to raise the issue with President Trump about me getting a pardon," D'Souza said.
According to D'Souza, it was Cruz who raised the issue with Trump and made D'Souza's pardoning a priority.
D'Souza told CNN in a phone interview Friday that roughly a month ago, he and his wife Debbie met with Ted and Heidi Cruz for dinner at the Cruz's home in Houston. It was at the dinner, that the issue came up and according to D'Souza, Cruz made it clear that he wanted to help D'Souza be pardoned.
"Ted Cruz said he had a strong conviction that I had been treated badly and unfairly and was determined to raise the issue with President Trump about me getting a pardon," D'Souza said.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/01/politics/ted-cruz-dinesh-dsouza/index.html
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How Ted Cruz helped get Dinesh D'Souza his presidential pardon (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2018
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louis-t
(23,295 posts)1. "treated badly and unfairly"?
He committed a felony and admitted it. He never went to prison. He was at a halfway house for 8 months. How is this being treated unfairly?
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. cruz & d'souza...a perfect pair.
delusion and hateful
duforsure
(11,885 posts)3. Cruz is another fraud
And is corrupt and a liar. And he's helping them destroy Medicaid, Medicare , and to destroy Social Security . He also voted for the tax scam and has caused millions to lose their healthcare, and caused premiums to skyrocket. Don't understand why anyone would vote for such a liar who'll hurt more people while representing the wealthy.