Michel and Low first met in 2006, the report said. Between 2012 and 2017, Low paid him $88 million to function as a straw donor and lobbyist for Low’s interests. The rapper covertly aided Low in directing funds into then-president Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign through shell companies, concealing the origins of the donations.
Additionally, Michel lobbied in 2017 to assist the Chinese government in retrieving dissident billionaire Guo Wengui, who was a friend of President Donald Trump’s political strategist Steve Bannon. Michel also participated in advocating for the government to abandon an investigation into Low regarding his prominent role in stealing billions of dollars from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund. the outlet added.
