{"id":3026,"date":"2025-11-21T17:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:40:30","slug":"fugees-pras-michel-sentenced-to-14-years-in-federal-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=3026","title":{"rendered":"FUGEES\u2019 PRAS MICHEL SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><em>The hip-hop artist was convicted on 10 counts tied to an illegal foreign lobbying scheme, campaign finance violations, and efforts to influence the Trump and Obama administrations.<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014According to the TMZ article<\/strong>, <strong>Pras Mich\u00e9l<\/strong>, a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group <strong>The Fugees<\/strong>, has been sentenced to <strong>14 years in federal prison<\/strong>, following his conviction on <strong>conspiracy and illegal foreign lobbying charges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A D.C. federal judge delivered the sentence Thursday, adding <strong>three years of probation<\/strong> on top of the prison term. The ruling comes just weeks after Pras was ordered to forfeit <strong>$64 million<\/strong> tied to what prosecutors described as an elaborate political influence scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pras was found guilty on <strong>10 federal counts<\/strong> in April 2023, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Illegal foreign lobbying<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conspiracy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Witness tampering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Campaign finance violations connected to <strong>Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 campaign<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efforts to influence <strong>Trump administration<\/strong> officials in 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors argued Pras acted as an intermediary between foreign billionaire <strong>Jho Low<\/strong> \u2014 wanted for the 1MDB fraud scandal \u2014 and U.S. government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper told TMZ Hip Hop earlier this year that he was <strong>hoping for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump<\/strong>, but that possibility now appears remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pras is scheduled to <strong>turn himself in on January 27<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hip-hop artist was convicted on 10 counts tied to an illegal foreign lobbying scheme, campaign finance violations, and efforts to influence the Trump and Obama administrations. 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