The actor also recalled the tycoon mentioning that he was planning a "significant contribution" of between $20-30 million to the Democratic party during Obama’s presidency.
"I basically said ‘wow, that’s a lot of money’”, DiCaprio said.
Michel admitted pocketing millions of dollars while helping Low, but the rapper insisted during his trial that had received bad legal advice when going into politics and genuinely believed he was helping the US.
He told the court Low had wanted a picture with Obama and was willing to pay $20 million to get it.
He said he was paid to invite celebrity friends to politics fundraisers, unaware that this was illegal according to campaigning laws.
After Trump’s election, Michel was involved in a plan to pressure US investigators into dropping an investigation into alleged money laundering by Low, as well as lobbying the government over the extradition of billionaire and dissident Guo Wengui to China.
essions told the court he recalled a meeting about the possible extradition, but could not recall Michel playing a part in the incident. Michel remained silent as he left court, but his lawyer David Kenner, said they planned to file an appeal.
“We are extremely disappointed in that result but are very, very confident in the ultimate outcome of this case”, he said. “This is not over - I remain very, very confident that we will ultimately prevail in this matter."
