WASHINGTON: Pras Michel, a Grammy-winning rapper-turned-political influencer, was convicted of conspiring to wage a back-channel lobbying campaign to end US probes into Malaysian Jho Low and get American authorities to extradite a dissident Chinese billionaire.
Federal jurors on Wednesday convicted Michel, 50, of other crimes, including conspiring to illegally funnel Low’s money into the 2012 campaign of President Barack Obama. Michel gambled by testifying in his own defence during the month-long trial in Washington, denying wrongdoing.
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