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Obama Donor and Grammy Winner Pras Michel Begins 14-Year Prison Sentence for Funneling Foreign Money Into Obama’s 2012 Campaign.Prosecutors said Michel accepted more than $100 million from Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho and used straw donors to secretly route foreign money into Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, violating federal laws banning foreign contributions.A federal jury convicted Michel on 10 counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, witness tampering, and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.