Three
words
of
advice
whenever
you’re
thinking
about
committing
crimes
that
leave
paper
trails:
Take
It
Easy.
The
last
person
you
should
have
to
tell
that
to
is
someone
who
works
for
the
Department
of
Justice,
but
don’t
forget
that
they’re
still
on
the
list.
While
this
former
DOJ
employee
didn’t
Seek
Stardom,
he
did
seek
to
get
over
on
an
influence
scheme.
As
you
might
assume
from
the
title,
The
Score
didn’t
go
as
well
as
he
would
have
liked.
ABA
Journal
has
coverage:
A
lawyer
who
worked
for
the
U.S.
Department
of
Justice
is
facing
disbarment
after
pleading
guilty
for
his
role
in
an
illegal
foreign
influence
scheme
that
allegedly
stemmed
from
his
friendship
and
legal
work
for
hip-hop
artist
Prakazrel
“Pras”
Michel.For
the
uninitiated,
Pras
is
one
of
the
founding
members
of
The
Fugees.
While
Pras
doesn’t
have
to
worry
about
disbarment,
he
is
currently
fighting
a
corruption
case
that
could
land
him
22
years
in
prison.
Anyway,
back
to
the
story
at
hand.George
A.
Higginbotham,
a
former
senior
congressional
affairs
specialist
at
the
DOJ,
prepared
fake
loan
documents,
investment
agreements
and
consulting
agreements
to
hide
the
source
of
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
intended
to
be
used
to
lobby
the
U.S.
government,
according
to
the
April
16
opinion
by
the
Appellate
Division’s
Second
Judicial
Department
of
the
New
York
Supreme
Court.
Higgenbotham
pleaded
guilty
to
a
count
of
making
false
statements
to
a
bank.
I
guess
that’s
one
way
to
get
a
Change
To
Come.
All
in
all,
Higgenbotham
should
Dry
His
Eyes.
Disbarment
sucks
for
sure,
but
there
are
other
—
legal
—
opportunies
out
there.
Maybe
he
can
join
a
Family
Business?
Former
DOJ
Lawyer
Faces
Disbarment
For
Entanglement
In
‘One
Of
The
Largest
Kleptocracy
Schemes
In
History’
[ABA
Journal]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.