First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA is being accused of breaking the law over a gift she gave French First Lady CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY!
Michelle presented Carla with a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar in 2009 – but the problem is that it may have been made from wood that was illegally obtained.
The guitar, which Michelle took from the U.S. to Strasbourg and gave to the supermodel-turned-singer wife of France’s president, has a fretboard made from rare rosewood – and that’s why Michelle could wind up singing the blues over it.
In fact, if the first lady was aware that the guitar contained illegally obtained wood she could conceivably face up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for breaking a conservation law called The Lacey Act!
Ironically, it was under her husband President Obama’s direction that armed agents from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) raided Gibson Guitar factories in Memphis and Nashville on Aug. 24.
The Feds removed 24 pallets of Indian rosewood and ebony, claiming it was illegal to import the wood because it had not been “finished” by Indian workers.
If so, Gibson may have violated The Lacey Act, which bans interstate trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold.
In 2008, the act was amended to include illegally sourced wood products, which has put Michelle in a difficult situation.
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