AP Photo/Andrew Harnik FILE – Prakazrel “Pras” Michel accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court April 3, 2023, in Washington.
Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama ’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Michel, 52, declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him.
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In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel of 10 counts , including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The trial in W

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