Pras is fighting for his freedom after the U.S. federal government linked to him to a conspiracy connected to Barack Obama.
The Fugees co-founder was indicted by federal prosecutors on Friday (May 10) on four counts of alleged money laundering scheme worth millions of dollars in political contributions during the 2012 presidential election, according to the New York Times.
The Justice Department cites Malaysian businessman Jho Low for transferring over $21 million from foreign accounts to Prakazrel Michel (Pras’ government name) between June to November 2012 to raise money for Barack Obama’s second presidential campaign.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, prosecutors accuse the “Ghetto Superstar” mastermind of handing $865,000 of the funneled funds to a network of “straw donors” who disguised the financial source by making smaller contributions to political action committees in support of “candidate A.”
The allegations also claim that the funds were given during moments when Pras and Obama were seen together in photos during that period.
Also, the indictment insinuates that “Candidate A” has a presidential administration and hosting an event at the White House that Low either “attended or arranged for his associates to attend.”
However, the indictment does not cite Obama in the federal campaign finance violations and doesn’t accuse the two-term president of any misconduct.
This legal trouble for Low comes in addition to him being on both American and Malaysian law enforcement’s wanted list for his alleged role of swindling $4.5 billion from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. That corruption case led to the electoral defeat and indictment of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.
TMZ questioned Pras in the video above from 2018 about the federal civil lawsuit against Low that year, which the rapper had an alleged involvement but was not a defendant in the case.
Pras admitted his knowledge of Jho and the case, contended that his innocent and that he’s got the vocab from his team of lawyers ready for court to dodge a possible federal prison bid.
“It’s allegations of some guy trying to come here, bring money in here, it’s weird” Pras said.
“I’m not even sure, something about money taking billions of dollars, I’m not even sure about the whole story.”
He also stated that his race is a major factor for why he’s being targeted by the feds.
“I think the fact that I’m black, 100 percent,” Pras said. “
It’s not like Obama did anything for the black folks….He should gave it to trump
More blacks are in full time employment since Trump was elected. Im not pro Trump but I guess this is one good thing.
Lmao another fail for the loser race
Vlad TV does it again. Remember when he was on there talking about Obama Superpacs
The fact that he’s under indictment and investigations is simply because he his a black man….. That some fuckery at its finest. I do not know if this man is innocent or guilty, but I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with his race. Black Americans should find that disrespectful.
So…what did he do wrong?
Obama will be outted soon, for overseeing and ordering the illegal fisa requests, which were based of false “evidence”, to spy on the political opposition, with no valid reason to do so. Trump WAS spied on, and it seems to have been a huge trap/setup, that was purposeful, and likely highly illegal. Obama himself may not be to blame, but word is that he was completely aware of this happening, and if that is true, we have some very serious questions to be answered. We know for a fact that the FBI and CIA leaders lied to America, and lawmakers in Congress. Just think. The leader of the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the entire world we’re lying to the president, the lawmakers, the citizens of America, and leaking illegally to the media, all in the name of destroying political opposition. But, guess what? They failed. This scandal, when it is fully exposed, will be 100x more significant than Watergate could ever have hoped to be.
Educate yourself on TRUTH. Mainstream media has always been a propoganda outlets. The fact that born Republicans and Democrats tried to sabatoge Trump is a good thing. It shows us that Trump is NOT one of them. Put it this way… McCain, Bush, Hillary, Obama… They are all completely the same. It didn’t matter who won those elections, because the same people were calling those shots. McCain VS Obama… Didn’t matter. Either way, you got the same exact thing. With Trump, you are seeing unconventional approaches. Your seeing the truth comes out. Your seeing people become implicated in schemes to illegally oust a legally elected leader.
You can hate Trump and his ideas. Your more than welcome to your own opinions. But you deny he was set up would be ignorant at this point. Open your mind friends, us republicans ARE NOT RACIST. I’m bi racial myself, I love hip-hop, I’m conservative, and I would love to see black America find success in the American dream. I want us all to have great lives, because black America, is AMERICA! When I say America First, I mean ALL OF US! It’s all love man.
Trump is the dirtiest president ever, has gotten away with murder yet is struggling to dig up any actual dirt on Obama. Y’all can say his name as many times as you like but good luck making any of it stick to a dude with no staffers convicted of ANYTHING during his time in office.
*PRAS?!??!!??*
Lol y’all desperate
I’m not desperate. Your literally saying Obama was scandal free, because that’s what the DNC media told you. Trump is the dirtiest president ever? Yet was spied on for 2 years straight, and they still can’t get him in trouble for anything? So, clearly, your claim is bullshit, and there is no actual evidence that proves your claims. But you know what we can prove? That Trump was spied on. We can prove that the FBI leader lied to Trump. We can prove that bias within the justice system exists. The future will shit all over your false narrative. “trumps the dirtiest president ever” even though after years of illegal spying, they can’t indict him on ANYTHING. The next few years will not make you happy my friend…
Lol. In the leaked emails from wikileaks, Obama ordered $65k worth of “hotdogs” for a White House private party with Podesta and Hillary. Who does that? Hint… Hotdogs are a code word for something else…. If you actually think Obama admin was scandal free, then there’s no educating you. Fast and furious alone is a gigantic, proven scandal that receives little to no media coverage. It’s ironic that the same people who have always claimed the media is propoganda, are the same people who rely on the media to tell them everything, and think that Obama admin was scandal free lol. No admin is EVER scandal free, because there is ALWAYS corruption in each and every presidents administration.
Susan Rice. Hillary Clinton. Peter Strzok. James Comey. John Brennan. Debbie Wasserman Shultz. Imran Awan. Just making a few who will be implicated in criminal referrals by internal investigator Michael Horowitz. So, yeah. I don’t understand why you think proven corrupted leaders of law enforcement agencies, not facing the law under the Obama admin means Jack. There’s a reason they were fired. They WILL be charged with crimes by a grand jury, which was empaneled over 6 months ago for the former CIA director, and perhaps others. You saying nobody got arrested under Obama as a defense, is like saying “Nobody got arrested that was with Putin”, as if that equates to innocence, when we all know Putin runs a corrupted Government. I like Putin’s leadership, but the way he gained power and riches is corrupted. But guess what? Nobody will face the law. Because they work for him, not against him. FBI, CIA, NSA, and foreign intelligence agencies were AGAINST Trump, and with Obama. Get ready for some serious shock waves, because Trump is in control now. THE COUP HAS FAILED. The “scandal free” admin will be facing the worst scandal in American history. Nobody in trumps side went down for anything related to Trump himself, or Russia.
Your correct my good sir. And that’s why Americans are often so very ignorant. They read headlines and run with it as if it’s truth. People don’t fact check. People don’t dig deeper. The same people who talk crap about the elite 1% are the same people who shop exclusively on Amazon, and get their news from Washington Post haha, both ran by the the richest person in world history. It’s ironic that those who don’t trust and hate the elite, also get their education in current events from those elite. Everyone, DIG DEEPER. spygate is huge. SPY GATE.
Y’all really think Obama is not gonna be indicted? Jim and Hillary Clinton are in deep shit. Don’t believe me?? Just wait and see…
Jim who?!
Anyone with two eyes can see he dindunuffin, he’s a good boi.
Obama and Clinton are perfect. Trump is evil.
Thank you for teaching me Mainstream Media! Obama is black God, Hillary is black owner, and democrats will fix all of our problems!
Ay but “Ghetto Superstar” still goes hard tho.
black race the dumb race. fake kings and queens race. wannabe gangsters race. the definition of slavery race etc.
Just so everyone knows, the “Truth” comments are 99% of the time ME, but some asshole took my name is ran with it. I’ll go by CHRIS now, because whoever took my name over is a dbag, even though I’ll say screw Obama, dude was a traitor, spying on political opposition, who did nothing for black America, and is hailed like he is MLK Jr, who’s words are needed badly today, considering democrats judge people by the color of their skin all day and night.
Barack Hussein is a bad egg, I always knew he was. If there’s still any good in the world hopefully old Barack Hussein gets indicted and charged for this.
The only Bad eggs in America are the Trumps and his Trumptards who obey him as a dictator just like Fat Kim… Sounds like Barr is being loyal to the dictator and cooking up plenty of propaganda for his next election.
What propoganda? Even Mueller himself claims Trump did not collude with Russia. Next, y’all will say Mueller is covering up. Y’all hate factual data. All you have is baseless acusations, and childish insults. Not facts.