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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The actual Senate race in question was never seriously contested by the national parties during the 2012 campaign cycle. Gillibrand won the election with 72 percent of the vote, against Long's 26 percent.
D'Souza has made a name for himself in recent years by charging that President Obama is carrying out an "anti-colonial" agenda, inspired by his late Kenyan father, to tear down America's economic and military power in the world.