Fugees Rapper Pras Launches Defense in Campaign Finance Trial

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Fugees rapper Pras was trying to reinvent himself by entering the political arena, his defense attorneys said in a multimillion-dollar campaign finance and foreign influence trial.

group the Fugees, but in the years after its breakup was looking for his next chapter, attorney David Kenner said as he began making the defense case.

The Justice Department says Michel conspired with Low Taek Jho, usually known as Jho Low. The fugitive financier is accused of masterminding a money laundering and bribery scheme that pilfered billions from the Malaysian state investment fund known as 1MDB. Low has maintained his innocence.The Wolf of Wall Street

When Michel first met Low at a nightclub in 2006, the businessman “appeared and acted as though he had unlimited amounts of money,” Kenner said. Michel would later make money himself through his association with Low, but “making money, even if you consider it greedy, is not a crime.”

 

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