Fugees rapper found guilty of political conspiracy in trial that included testimony from Leonardo DiCaprio
foxnews.comA Fugees rapper was convicted on Wednesday after a multimillion-dollar political conspiracies trial, which included testimony from Leonardo DiCaprio.
Prakazrel "Pras" Michel was accused of funneling money to Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign through a now-fugitive Malaysian financier, Jho Low – one of the primary financiers of his film "Wolf of Wall Street." Michel was also accused of attempting to stop a Justice Department investigation and influence an extradition case on behalf of China under the Trump administration.
Michel is known as a founder of the 1990s hip-hop group The Fugees. A jury in Washington, D.C., federal court found him guilty of all charges, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
The defense argued Michel simply wanted to make money and got bad legal advice as he reinvented himself in the world of politics.
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