Fugees’ Bras Michel Gets Time to Transfer Money to Obama 2012 – Twitchy
The rapper will spend a long time in prison for his foreign contributions to Barack Obama’s campaign. What a shame.
Rapper Prakazrel “Bras” Michel, of the band Fugees, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in a case in which he was found guilty of illegally diverting millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
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– ABC News (@ABC) November 21, 2025
Washington — Grammy Award-winning rapper Prakazrel “Bras” Michel of the band The Fugees was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison in a case in which he was found guilty of illegally making millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Michel, 52, refused to speak in court before US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him.
In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel Of 10 countsIncluding conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The trial in Washington, D.C., included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Justice Department prosecutors said federal sentencing guidelines recommended life in prison for Michel, who they said “betrayed his country for money” and “lied unapologetically and relentlessly to carry out his plans.”
He added, “His sentence must reflect the breadth and depth of his crimes, his indifference to the dangers to which his country is exposed, and the extent of his greed.” They wrote.
Defense lawyer Peter Zeidenberg said his client’s 14-year prison sentence was “completely disproportionate to the crime.” Michel will appeal his conviction and sentence, according to his lawyer.
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In 2008, it was reported that ActBlue was not checking donors’ credit cards and this continued until recently. I think a lot of dirty money flowed into Obama’s election campaigns. https://t.co/K0GNEALR1V
– Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) November 21, 2025
There was a lot of this going on.
https://t.co/P4IkQoZ0Kz pic.twitter.com/YsVzsnQqNv
– Alexandria Brown (@alexthechick) November 21, 2025
Interesting. So the Obama administration, which started the whole hysteria about Trump benefiting from foreign interference in our elections, was set up in part by… foreign interference in our elections.
It’s a projection all the way https://t.co/tX79btBbZO
– (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) November 21, 2025
It was all a projection.
It has always been amazing to me how donors get imprisoned for funneling dirty money to politicians, but politicians don’t even lose their jobs for taking the dirty money.
Just our neat system. https://t.co/yqu2hpWxJh
– Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) November 21, 2025
The left’s claim that illegal contributions to its party are a myth. https://t.co/4bCF2jUTzi
– Joseph (BOLDJOE) November 21, 2025
They know exactly what they are doing.
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– Rob Yarbro (@RobertKYarbro) November 21, 2025
How does Obama get away with this corruption? What bs
“Lou’s motive for giving Mr. Michel the money for the donation was not to achieve some political goal. Instead, Lu simply wanted a photo op with himself and then-President Obama,” Michel’s lawyers wrote. https://t.co/GEDj0ivdnv
– Chavez (Renegade Radio) (@NinoChavezX) November 21, 2025
That’s a lot of years in prison just to get a picture with Obama. Sorry.
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