Pras Michel of the Fugees found guilty in political conspiracy case

Rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees on Wednesday was found guilty in connection with a political conspiracy in which he funneled money to President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign on behalf of a Malaysian donor and tried to stifle a DOJ investigation for China.

Michel was convicted on 10 felony counts, including "acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China, conspiring to make illegal campaign contributions and witness tampering," NBC News reported.

Prosecutors argued that Michel had used straw donors to funnel the money from Malaysian financer Jho Low to the Obama campaign. Michel was working to help Low obtain a photo of him with Obama and used some of the $20 million he received to pay for his friends to attend fundraisers, which he claims he did not know was illegal, according to the Associated Press.

The rapper later accepted funds from Low to stifle a Trump administration investigation into him and his alleged stealing from the Malaysian state investment fund. He further was paid to try to convince the U.S. extradite a Chinese dissident back to the country.

Michel achieved fame as a member of the Fugees, which released two albums in the mid-1990s.

In January, one of his co-conspirators, Hawaii businesswoman Nickie Mali Lum Davis, received two years in prison for her role in the effort to stop the DOJ investigation.

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