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Prakazrel Michel, known as Pras, one of the founding members of the rap group the Fugees, has been charged with illegally funneling millions of dollars to the campaign of former President Obama.
He was charged, along with charged with Malaysian billionaire Jho Low, of illegally funneling $21.6 million in international donations to Michel to get to the Obama campaign in 2012, NJ.com reported.
Officials with the Department of Justice said that the funds were intended to be used to gain influence with former President Obama, The Washington Times reported.
One of the founding members of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has been charged in a campaign finance conspiracy that took place during the 2012 presidential election, the Justice Department said Friday.
A four-count indictment accuses Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of conspiring with fugitive Malaysian financer Low TaekJho, usually known as Jho Low, to make and conceal foreign campaign contributions. He is alleged to have used straw donors to give campaign contributions to a U.S. presidential candidate, who is identified in the indictment only as Candidate A.
Low has gained attention in the last several years after U.S. officials accused him of masterminding a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions from the Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MDB. He’s been charged separately by both U.S. and Malaysian officials in connection with that alleged fraud but remains at large.
Prosecutors allege that from June to November 2012, Low directed more than $21.6 million to be moved from foreign entities to Michel’s accounts in order to funnel money into the 2012 presidential election. They say Michel then paid about 20 straw donors and conduits so they could make the donations in their names and conceal where the money actually came from, according to the indictment.
More than $1 million was also sent to an independent expenditure committee, prosecutors said.
Mr. Michel is extremely disappointed that so many years after the fact the government would bring charges related to 2012 campaign contributions,” his attorney Barry Pollack said.
“Mr. Michel is innocent of these charges and looks forward to having the case heard by a jury,” he said to The Times.
“Mr. Low has never made any campaign contributions directly or indirectly in the U.S. and he unequivocally denies any involvement in or knowledge of the alleged activities,” representatives for Low said.
Patricia Dickson tweeted.
The feds indicted Pras Michel, a rapper for the group ‘The Fugees’ on Friday for funneling millions of dollars of foreign money to Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.
Washington Examiner
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A rapper from hip-hop group the Fugees, along with a Malaysian financier, faces charges he broke federal campaign finance laws to raise money for President.
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So Obama took foreign money but the RAPPER will be the one taking the fall for him? Yep Obama is above the law Grammy-Winning Fugees Rapper Charged with Funneling Foreign Money to Obama Re-Election Campaign.
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