What's so great about pardoning Dinesh D'Souza? Nothing

Dinesh D’Souza’s violation of federal law in 2012 was both flagrant and senseless. He knowingly tried to circumvent campaign finance law by using straw donors to make illegally large campaign contributions to a doomed, no-hope U.S. Senate candidate in New York (a personal friend of his).

Given how ridiculous and obviously illegal his acts were, and given that he knew this at the time he committed them, he was fortunate (as he has admitted he felt at the time of his sentencing) to avoid a lengthy prison sentence, something much harsher than the probation and the brief halfway-house confinement that he received. He was arrogant and thought himself above the law.