WASHINGTON, March 28 — Jury selection in the trial of artist Pras Michel, who rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the hip-hop group The Fugees, began yesterday in...
WASHINGTON, March 28 — Jury selection in the trial of artist Pras Michel, who rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the hip-hop group The Fugees, began yesterday in Washington.
The 50-year-old Haitian-American faces 12 charges linked to illegal contributions to president Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and a second plan alleging a secret lobbying effort connected to the Donald Trump administration., Michel is now under fire over some US$100 million said to be paid to him between 2012 and 2017 by the Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho.
According to the indictment, Michel channelled some of that money into Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, concealing the source of the funds via shell companies.“The object of the conspiracy was for Michel and Jho Low to gain access to, and potential influence with, Candidate A and his administration, by secretly funnelling foreign money from Jho Low through Michel,” the indictment said.
Low, who remains at large with unknown whereabouts, was indicted in 2018 for corruption and money laundering linked to the looting of the fund.
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