Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza took aim at former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in a pair of tweets Thursday, telling Bharara that “karma is a bitch” after D’Souza received a pardon from President Trump.
“KARMA IS A BITCH DEPT: @PreetBharara wanted to destroy a fellow Indian American to advance his career. Then he got fired & I got pardoned,” D’Souza tweeted.
KARMA IS A BITCH DEPT: @PreetBharara wanted to destroy a fellow Indian American to advance his career. Then he got fired & I got pardoned
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 31, 2018
Trump announced Thursday he pardoned D’Souza and said he was “treated very unfairly” by the government.
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Bharara served as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York when D’Souza was charged with campaign finance fraud.
D’Souza pleaded guilty in 2014 to a federal charge of making illegal campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate, but he claimed he was forced to plead guilty by Bharara and other federal prosecutors.
“Bharara & his goons bludgeoned me into the plea by threatening to add a second redundant charge carrying a prison term of FIVE YEARS,” D’Souza tweeted, responding to a tweet from Bharara.
Bharara & his goons bludgeoned me into the plea by threatening to add a second redundant charge carrying a prison term of FIVE YEARS https://t.co/5Z4UjWaHtF
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 31, 2018
The former U.S. attorney said in his initial tweet that federal agents and prosecutors acted appropriately.
“The President has the right to pardon but the facts are these: D’Souza intentionally broke the law, voluntarily pled guilty, apologized for his conduct & the judge found no unfairness. The career prosecutors and agents did their job. Period,” Bharara tweeted.
Trump fired Bharara in 2017.
