Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative commentator and former college president avoided prison time after pleading guilty to funneling illegal campaign contributions to a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman sentenced him to five years of probation. The judge, who had tough words for Mr. D'Souza during a lengthy statement, said that while Mr. D'Souza didn't deserve to go to prison, his sentence had to have some teeth.

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