Fugees rapper's Jho Low-linked trial expected to go to jury on April 24

Pras Michel, former member of the Fugees, exits federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 3, 2023. A prosecutor told jurors last week that Michel was driven by greed and "profited exorbitantly" as he sought to lobby the US government illegally on behalf of a financier accused of orchestrating the looting of billions of dollars from Malaysian development fund 1MDB. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

WASHINGTON (AP): The case against a Fugees rapper accused in multimillion-dollar political conspiracies across two presidencies wound down with closing arguments Thursday (April 20) that capped off a trial that included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Prakazrel "Pras” Michel is accused of funneling money from now-fugitive Malaysian financer Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, through straw donors to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, then trying to squelch a Justice Department investigation and influence an extradition case on behalf of China under the Trump administration.