D’Souza was indicted by Bharara’s office on charges of campaign finance fraud in 2014. At the time, Bharara stated that D’Souza was responsible for “illegal contributions to a United States Senate campaign in the names of others.” D’Souza pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years probation and eight months of supervision in a “community confinement center,” as well a $30,000 fine. When news broke that the man who prosecuted him was out of a job, D’Souza didn’t even try to restrain his glee.
D’Souza drew notoriety for his 2012 film, “2016: Obama’s America,” which made bold, fear-inducing predictions for what the country and the world would be like after a second term for Barack Obama. It came out prior to that year’s election. D’Souza made a similar film before the 2016 election called “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.”