Rapper Pras Michel Convicted in Conspiracies to Influence US Government
Rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the 1990’s hip-hop group the Fugees, has been found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of 10 counts of crimes related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to help China influence the United States.
The 50-year-old Grammy Award-winning rapper was convicted of conspiring with a Malaysian financier, Jho Low—also known as Low Taek Jho—to carry out foreign lobbying campaigns to influence the U.S. government under the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
The 10 counts include conspiracy, concealment of material facts, falsifying campaign finance records, witness tampering, and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government….