Conservative writer Dinesh D’Souza indicted for election law violations

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Dinesh D’Souza, a prominent conservative author and filmmaker, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges he arranged excessive campaign contributions to a U.S. Senate candidate.

The Senate candidate was not named in the indictment, but Reuters reported that D’Souza campaigned in 2012 on behalf of Republican Wendy Long, a lawyer and fellow Dartmouth graduate who was running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

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