Paul Duggan is a staff writer covering crime and justice. Since joining The Washington Post in 1987, he has worked as a general assignment reporter, assignment editor and national correspondent.
Michél has been defending himself against allegations of money laundering, campaign-finance violations and other charges in a criminal case arising from one of the world’s biggest financial scandals.
Elliott Broidy, who was pardoned by Trump, testified about his failed attempts to quash a federal investigation of a Malaysian financier, during the trial of former Fugees member Prakazrel “Pras” Michél.
The former hip-hop star is accused of illegally funneling $2 million in stolen foreign money into a U.S. presidential campaign and scheming to quash an FBI investigation.
Pras Michél has been accused of money laundering, campaign-finance violations and other charges in a sprawling criminal case arising from one of the world’s biggest financial scandals.
Riley J. Williams was found guilty of six crimes. She was also accused of aiding in the theft of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s computer, but jurors deadlocked on that charge.
Authorities said most of the defendants marched in single file up steps outside the Capitol and helped force open doors for other rioters on Jan. 6, 2021.