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Hip hop legend makes desperate plea to Trump to be pardoned along with another rapper
Michel, who is still awaiting sentencing after he was convicted in 2023, told TMZ he is hopeful Trump will 'turn an eye' on his case and offer him clemency.
Michel was found guilty in a $100m foreign extortion scheme, having been the lynchpin lobbyist for China in a bewildering plot whose cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama and Donald Trump; pictured arriving to his trial in March 2023 The Grammy winning rapper, who netted $88 million through the scheme, was found guilty in a three-week trial in April of ten counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign government agent. The rapper was accused of illegally funneling cash into political causes including Obama's 2012 election campaign, and also tried to persuade top-raking officials in the Trump administration to drop a federal probe into Low and deport a billionaire Chinese dissident.
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