Posted on 05/19/2016 5:57:30 PM PDT by george76
Mike Allen reported over the weekend that "Gregory B. Craig, a well-known Washington lawyer who quarterbacked President Bill Clinton's impeachment defense, has been chosen White House counsel by resident-elect Barack Obama". Believe it or not, the time Craig spent shilling for Clinton may have been his most honorable days of work
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In the early 1980s, [Craig] was an attorney for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Reagan and three others. Craig helped put together an insanity defense that led to Hinckley's acquittal. Nine years later, he advised Ted Kennedy in the Palm Beach rape case involving the senator and his nephew, William Kennedy Smith.
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Craig orchestrated a 1984 [Senate] hearing for Kennedy on alleged human-rights abuses committed by Nicaragua's rebels, the Contras. He worked with groups closely tied to the Sandinista regime to find witnesses for the forum, which led to a round of anti-contra news coverage in the U.S. Soon afterward, however, Joshua Muravchik, currently of the American Enterprise Institute, exposed a fraud: The most compelling witnesses - three Miskito Indians - had been served up by the Sandinistas.
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In 2000, while serving as the lawyer for Elian Gonzalez's father, Craig did the bidding of the Castro regime
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But at least he didn't lobby for Fannie Mae.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Snake
Is any of this relevant today?
Tracking the corruption thru DC .
One recent example, Phil Michelson needs legal help to avoid a criminal charge on insider trading by the SEC. Who better than a former Obama WH Counsel to arrange the details behind the scenes?
Jamie Gorelick is another such fixer; note the creator of the Clinton CIA - FBI wall before 9/11 & later commission; the Fannie Mae housing disaster she helped create; and more . She promoted her friend / former employee to be the current Supreme Court nominee.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3432165/posts
YES...he is partners with a former FBI prosecutor named Patrick Fitzgerald.
... And Patrick Fitzgerald got his job on the recommendation of Comey.
Digging back a few years to find this story.
Fitzgerald also prosecuted Blagojevich, whose home was raided before sunrise in front of his children. Wonder what was so important that Obama’s pals required a predawn raid to get?
Trump Commutes Sentence For Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Daily Caller ^ | 02/18/20 | ANDERS HAGSTROM
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