Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza faced widespread online criticism for hypocritically condemning President Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, given D’Souza’s own 2018 presidential pardon from Donald Trump for campaign finance violations. Social media users quickly highlighted this inconsistency, sharing links to news articles detailing his past conviction and pardon. D’Souza’s criticism followed his recent apology for inaccuracies in his film “2000 Mules,” which promoted unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. This apology came after a defamation lawsuit and the film’s distributor also issued an apology and settled with a plaintiff.
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Dinesh D’Souza’s 2022 film, “2,000 Mules,” alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, relied on flawed cellphone location data and surveillance footage analysis. The film falsely claimed thousands of individuals illegally collected and delivered ballots, a claim based on inaccurate information regarding data correlation. D’Souza issued an apology, acknowledging that the surveillance videos were not linked to the geolocation data, and that this misrepresentation affected the film’s narrative. This admission follows a lawsuit alleging false accusations of voter fraud.
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Dinesh D’Souza’s film, *2,000 Mules*, alleging widespread election fraud in 2020, has been retracted following a defamation lawsuit. D’Souza admitted the film relied on inaccurate information provided by True The Vote, specifically regarding geolocation data linked to surveillance footage. A settlement with plaintiff Mark Andrews, wrongly accused of ballot harvesting, resulted in apologies from D’Souza and the film’s distributor, Salem Media Group. Despite acknowledging flawed data, D’Souza maintains his belief that the 2020 election was not secure.
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