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BREAKING U.S. charges 1MDB financial Jho Low, rapper Pras Michel, with conspiring to make illegal foreign conduit campaign contributions to President Barack Obama's 2012 election campaign. Follow @mattzap for more. 
U.S. rapper Pras Michel, Malaysian financier 1MDB charged with US campaign finance violations in spreading probe of alleged billion dollar looting of Malaysian development fund. Earlier, US alleged illegal lobbying effort with GOP fundraiser Elliot Broidy wapo.st/2LBiAzL
Former Justice Dept. official George Higginbotham pleaded guilty in Nov. to helping secretly transfer tens of millions of dollars to fund an unsuccessful lobbying effort by Broidy to shut down the ongoing U.S. probe of the 1MDB corruption scandal.
At the time, Pras Michel, whom the U.S. said aided the Higginbotham effort with Broidy, denied any allegations of wrongdoing. wapo.st/2HcWxuY
Barry J. Pollack, atty for Pras Michel: "Mr. Michel is extremely disappointed that so many years after the fact the government would bring charges related to 2012 campaign contributions. Mr. Michel is innocent of these charges and looks forward to having the case heard by a jury
