Former Fugees star uses 1MDB allegations as shout-out for new album
US rapper Pras Michel says he is fully focused on his new Elon Musk EP which is coming out next month. — Reuters file pic
Speaking to the Bloomberg news service, the performer asserted that he will address charges that he aided fugitive financier Low Taek Jho or Jho Low to make illegal contributions to the 2012 Obama presidential campaign.“I’m just working on my Elon Musk EP coming out next month [...] I’m totally focused on that,” Michel, a former member of popular 1990s hip hop music group “The Fugees”, was quoted as saying after his court appearance.
According to the case, the donors allegedly masked the fact that funds came from foreign sources; foreigners are not allowed to contribute to US politicians under the country’s emoluments laws.His defence lawyer Barry Pollack, informed US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly that he will review 60,000 pages of records provided by the government and could seek a dismissal as prosecutors waited too long to bring up the case.
Low is presented as a central figure in the global 1MDB corruption scandal and has also been charged in absentia here along with his father and former associates with money laundering.
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