Imagine going to jail for illegal donations to a campaign and its Obamas's 
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Imagine being an FBI informant just for the same government to turn around and give you 14 years for a crime that it only selectively cares about
Incredible to somehow get convicted and sentenced for campaign finance violations. I was largely certain that was impossible.
Also how is Lauryn Hill somehow the least scummy of the Fugees? Wyclef stole all those Haiti relief funds and Pras is trying to buy a pardon for a Macanese billionaire.
gimme the dirt on lauryn though
How is Lauryn Hill somehow the least scummy of the Fugees?
I don't know anything about their private lives. Is she scummy somehow?
Not in any real sense, just a bad reputation for cancelling, coming out late, or no-showing for her shows.
I was going to say I couldn't believe that he got 14 years. And when I scrolled I sort of laughed when I got here...
Justice Department prosecutors said federal sentencing guidelines recommended a life sentence for Michel, whom they said “betrayed his country for money” and “lied unapologetically and unrelentingly to carry out his schemes.”
“His sentence should reflect the breadth and depth of his crimes, his indifference to the risks to his country, and the magnitude of his greed,” they wrote.
I don't mean to sound like a lib but that's hilarious. If a guy did that for Trump - not only would charges never happen - Trump would praise the guy for his "patriotism". Trump might rename a federal building after the guy too.
Wasnt one of the fugees a snitch?