Conservative firebrand Dinesh D'Souza pleads guilty in campaign finance violation

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Conservative firebrand Dinesh D'Souza pleads guilty in campaign finance violation
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Longtime conservative author and activist Dinesh D'Souza pled guilty Tuesday to charges that he illegally used "straw donors" — the practice of soliciting others to make donations to a political candidate, and then reimbursing them, in order to evade personal contribution limits.

D'Souza's sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 23, USA Today reports.

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