{"id":570788,"date":"2023-04-18T21:37:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/attorneys-for-pras-launch-defense-in-federal-conspiracy-case\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T21:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:37:05","slug":"attorneys-for-pras-launch-defense-in-federal-conspiracy-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/attorneys-for-pras-launch-defense-in-federal-conspiracy-case\/","title":{"rendered":"#Attorneys for Pras launch defense in federal conspiracy case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39b82beceee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/attorneys-for-pras-launch-defense-in-federal-conspiracy-case\/#The_ex-MC_claims_his_dealings_with_the_fugitive_Malaysian_financier_Jho_Low_were_part_of_his_attempt_to_enter_politics_and_didnt_involve_any_%E2%80%9CJames_Bond_%E2%80%A6_cloak_and_dagger_stuff%E2%80%9D_the_AP_reports\" >The ex-MC claims his dealings with the fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low were part of his attempt to enter politics and didn\u2019t involve any \u201cJames Bond \u2026 cloak and dagger stuff,\u201d the AP reports.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_ex-MC_claims_his_dealings_with_the_fugitive_Malaysian_financier_Jho_Low_were_part_of_his_attempt_to_enter_politics_and_didnt_involve_any_%E2%80%9CJames_Bond_%E2%80%A6_cloak_and_dagger_stuff%E2%80%9D_the_AP_reports\"><\/span>The ex-MC claims his dealings with the fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low were part of his attempt to enter politics and didn\u2019t involve any \u201cJames Bond \u2026 cloak and dagger stuff,\u201d the AP reports.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-245439\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1479399751_zzvchw\/the-fugees-pras-defends-himself-in-conspiracy-case.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-1479399751_zzvchw\/the-fugees-pras-defends-himself-in-conspiracy-case.jpg 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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-245440\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The legal team of former Fugees member Pras Michel has launched his defense against federal criminal conspiracy charges. His trial was originally scheduled to begin early last November but was pushed back to March 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently due to an unrelated injury sustained by one of his attorneys. Michel is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States government, one count of a scheme to conceal material facts, and two counts of making a false entry in a record in connection with the conspiracy. He pleaded not guilty to all four charges in 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The case stems from Michel\u2019s involvement with Low Taek Jho (aka Jho Low), a Hollywood party fixture and one-time advisor to former Malaysian president Najib Razak. Together, Low and Michel are accused of funneling federal funds to political campaigns and obstructing the investigation into their alleged crimes. Low is wanted internationally in connection with his country\u2019s 1MDB scandal, in which he allegedly helped embezzle billions of dollars from the state-owned sovereign investment fund he and then-president Razak co-founded.<\/p>\n<p>            Federal prosecutors say Low gave Pras approximately $100 million over the years in an attempt to influence U.S. politics: In 2012, Pras allegedly used some of that money to illegally contribute to Political Action Committees (PACs) supporting Barack Obama\u2019s reelection campaign. Later, the prosecutors claim, he used more of the funds in an attempt to pressure the Trump administration to terminate a Department of Justice investigation into Low\u2019s activities. He is also accused of another attempt to sway Trump\u2019s office, this time on behalf of the Chinese government \u2014 advocating for the extradition of a Chinese dissident from the States \u2014 without registering as a foreign agent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Per a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fugees-pras-campaign-finance-trial-china-6b473e98cd0531027e6773b6e3afb68b\">report by the Associated Press<\/a>, Michel\u2019s attorney David Kenner explained the ex-MC\u2019s dealings with Jho as part of his early efforts to enter the political arena after Fugees disbanded, but he insisted that there had been \u201cno agreement to do anything in an unlawful way.\u201d At several points in the hearing, he reiterated the sentiment, acknowledging Michel\u2019s relationship with Jho but asserting that there was no \u201cJames Bond \u2026 cloak and dagger stuff\u201d and that Michel had always tried to \u201cgo through the proper channels.\u201d The FADER has reached out to Kenner\u2019s firm for further comment.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-245441\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Tasos Katopodis \/ Getty Images The legal team of former Fugees member Pras Michel has launched his defense against federal criminal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":570789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/c_limit,w_1024\/c_crop,h_533,w_1024,x_0,y_1,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/GettyImages-1479399751_xc7nay\/GettyImages-1479399751_xc7nay.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[116313,70532,32681,132773],"class_list":["post-570788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa","tag-fugees","tag-hip-hop","tag-politics","tag-pras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}