Jho Low charged with lobbying Trump administration and DOJ to drop 1MDB case

A US court has charged fugitive financier Low Taek Jho with using “back channels” in 2017 to lobby the Trump administration and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to halt his 1MDB cases.

In a statement yesterday, the DOJ said the court had also charged American rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel for conspiring with the Malaysian.