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By Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Benner
March 18, 2019
WASHINGTON — A long-running federal investigation into a former White House counsel in the Obama administration is reaching a critical stage, presenting the Justice Department with a decision about whether to charge a prominent Democrat as part of a more aggressive crackdown on illegal foreign lobbying.
The case involving the lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was transferred in January from federal prosecutors in New York to those in Washington. The previously undisclosed move was driven by Justice Department officials in Washington, and reflects an eagerness within the department to prosecute violations of lobbying laws after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, focused on foreign influence in his investigations.
A decision about whether to prosecute Mr. Craig, who was White House counsel for President Barack Obama during his first year in office, is expected in the coming weeks, people familiar with the case said. The investigation centers on whether Mr. Craig should have disclosed work he did in 2012 — while he was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — on behalf of the Russia-aligned government of Viktor F. Yanukovych, then the president of Ukraine.
Lobbying Case Against Democrat With Ties to Manafort Reaches Key Stage - The New York Times
It may be silly to have to say this but in this totally partisan world we live in, here is my take on that:
Throw that democratic cheat/liar/crook into a jail cell next to Manafort if/when he is found guilty
If this guy did the crime, and so far I have little reason to doubt that, then send him to jail too because he deserves to sit there. As the judge in the Manafort trail said last week, people where promoting the then PM/leader of Ukraine, a Putin backed crook by making it look like they were just nice American companies/individuals and foreign individuals who were standing in Yanukovich's corner out of the goodness of their hearts.
Well that was just a big fat LIE
Because according to the judge these companies/individuals were on the payroll of Manafort/Gates/Yanukovich. And that is a crime, making it out like you were giving non-biased advice while harking in money to trick the US government into doing nice things for the Russian backed Ukrainian government than that is horrible.
If this democrat counsel of Obama was involved in this the house/senate needs to demand Obama come to the congress/senate to testify about Gregory Craig and whether he was involved in decision making regarding Ukraine. This must be cleared and if any of what he is accused of, than Craig needs to join Manafort in jail, because that is then where he belongs.