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This man shaking hands with Barack Obama just began a 14-year federal prison sentence. Grammy-winning artist Pras Michel officially reported to prison this month after prosecutors proved he helped funnel millions in illegal foreign money into Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. The operation: Prosecutors proved Michel accepted more than $100 million from Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho in a covert influence scheme tied to influencing U.S. elections. The laundering network: Michel used straw donors to secretly route foreign cash into Obama’s 2012 campaign, bypassing federal election laws designed to prevent foreign influence in American elections. The verdict: A federal jury convicted him on 10 criminal counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, witness tampering, and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. In other words: illegal foreign money was funneled into Obama’s 2012 campaign — and now one of the men involved is serving time in federal prison. Funny how the people who screamed about foreign interference for years never seem to talk about this.