Grammy winner Prakazrel “Pras” Michel from the Fugees has been handed a 14-year prison sentence after being found guilty of secretly funneling millions in foreign cash into Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. It is a dramatic fall for the 52-year-old musician who chose not to speak in court before Judge Colleen Kollar Kotelly delivered the sentence on Thursday.

Michel was convicted last year on ten counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent for a foreign government. The trial in Washington drew plenty of attention with appearances from Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, both called to testify.

Prosecutors pushed for a sentence far harsher than the one he received. They said federal guidelines recommended life in prison and accused Mic

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