Pras Michel of The Fugees has been convicted of 10 finance related federal charges including money laundering and campaign finance violations according to NBC News.
Pras was found guilty of using illegally obtained monies to gain access to former President Barack Obama during his 2012 presidential campaign and utilizing millions more to bank roll an expensive lifestyle. Pras was also convicted of violating FARA laws because he was working on behalf of a foreign national without registration. it is alleged that Pras charged a foreign national $20 million for the opportunity to be photographed with then President Obama.
Prosecutors alleged that Michel funneled $800,000 of that payout to Obama’s campaign through several straw donors. That same national approached Pras again in 2017, when Donald Trump was President and directed more than $100 million to Michel, in an effort to push the government to drop its investigation against him. Pras' lawyer David Kenner said that he was "extremely disappointed" at the outcome of the case.
"We are of course very disappointed, but I am very confident in the ultimate outcome of this case,” Kenner said in a statement to Newsone.
