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Top Obama White House Lawyer Made False Statements To DOJ About Manafort-Related Work

The Justice Department is alleging that the former Obama White House general counsel made ‘false and misleading’ statements regarding consulting work done for Ukraine. Greg Craig was lead partner for the law firm Skadden Arps on its Ukraine work, which was done in partnership with Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman. Skadden Arps agreed Thursday to settle with the Justice Department by registering as a foreign agent of Ukraine and paying a $4.6 million fine.

Craig’s fate remains uncertain.

The former general counsel for President Obama made “false and misleading statements” to the Justice Department regarding work he did for the Ukrainian government that has come under scrutiny in the special counsel’s probe. Greg Craig’s alleged false statements were revealed in a settlement announced Thursday by the Justice Department. The agency announced it was settling with Craig’s former firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, which worked with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukraine beginning in 2012. Skadden Arps agreed to register retroactively with the Justice Department as a foreign agent of Ukraine and to pay a $4.6 million fine, the same amount that the firm was paid for its consulting work.

Craig, who left Skadden Arps in April 2018, is not identified by name in the Justice Department announcement, but he has previously been identified as the lead Skadden Arps partner who worked on its Ukraine account. Other clues from the Justice Department settlement point to Craig as the lead partner referenced in case. As part of the settlement, Skadden Arps acknowledged that it acted on behalf of the Ukrainian government “by contributing to a public relations campaign directed at select members of the U.S. news media in 2012.” Craig and others at Skadden Arps helped promote a report that raised questions about Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Ukrainian prime minster who was seen as a foe to Viktor Yanukovych, who served as prime minister through 2014.

The Justice Department says that it contacted Skadden Arps in 2012 and 2013 about registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) after the law firm released a report that defended Tymoshenko’s imprisonment. But the firm ended up not registering under FARA based on false assurances provided by Skadden Arps’ partner. “A partner then at Skadden made false and misleading statements to the FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] Unit, which led it to conclude in 2013 that the firm was not obligated to register under FARA,” the Justice Department said. “The facts, when uncovered, showed that Skadden was indeed required to register in 2012, and, under the Agreement, it will do so retroactively.”

The Skadden Arps media outreach centered mostly on a report about Tymoshenko that was finalized in December 2012. According to the Justice Department, the Skadden Arps lead partner, seemingly Craig, contacted a major national newspaper on Dec. 12, 2012 to provide a preview of the report as well as a quotation. The news outlet appears to be The New York Times, which quoted Craig in an article laying out Skadden Arps’ report regarding Tymoshenko. The Skadden Arps report determined that some of Tymoshenko’s legal rights were violated during her trial in Ukraine. But it ultimately sided against Tymoshenko and with Yanukovych’s administration.

Craig, who contacted the newspaper, is quoted in the article, saying that “We leave to others the question of whether this prosecution was politically motivated.” “Our assignment was to look at the evidence in the record and determine whether the trial was fair.”

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/01/17/obama-lawyer-ukraine-justice-department/

1,641 posted on 01/17/2019 2:51:49 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

She’s like 0-bomber she knows how to agitate, but that’s all. She’s a one trick pony - and not 0 kept going back to that well again and again and again.

1,642 posted on 01/17/2019 2:53:28 PM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)

At least it must be costing them an arm and a leg to employ all these censors.

1,643 posted on 01/17/2019 2:57:52 PM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)

Honestly, she’s not even CLOSE to jug ears. ALL she is is pretty, physically. When she starts to talk, she is a turn off.
Jugears could read a teleprompter quite well. OaC otoh, Ill bet WONT read from one, which separates her from the ‘thrust of the message the D party wants sent!”

1,644 posted on 01/17/2019 3:00:24 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

May it drive them to bankruptcy…

1,645 posted on 01/17/2019 3:04:15 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

Just mentioned on Fox News. Trump’s support among Hispanics is up by double digits since his stand on the wall.

-SB

1,646 posted on 01/17/2019 3:04:56 PM PST by Snowybear

...looking at the doorstep of the SC, I think I see Lady Justice approaching!! She steps ever closer as she untangles her chains.

...what a great day awaits!

ThankQ for this uplifting post... :)

1,647 posted on 01/17/2019 3:06:24 PM PST by musicnart

To: little jeremiah

probably true for most justices

1,648 posted on 01/17/2019 3:07:24 PM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)

Things are coming together nicely. This ties Manafort to Obama and the Clintons through Greg Craig.

I’m sure this is just a coincidence. /s

1,649 posted on 01/17/2019 3:07:36 PM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)

I am nearly a humble reporter, serving as best I can.

1,650 posted on 01/17/2019 3:08:30 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

To: BlueMondaySkipper

1,651 posted on 01/17/2019 3:10:25 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

I suppose you’re right but Osama was probably that way when he was 30. Watch for her to be a back bencher with a big mouth like he was in Illinois. She actually reminds me of David Hogg; just layin’ down the law; this is how it’s gonna be; doesn’t listen to a thing anyone says to them (unless to take offense); prob doesn’t listen to the words coming out of her own mouth.

1,652 posted on 01/17/2019 3:23:07 PM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)

But with other justices, they’re still in charge, overseeing the work being done, etc. With RBG, I doubt she is in any condition to know what the clerks are doing.

1,653 posted on 01/17/2019 3:23:13 PM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

Would love to see a conservative pundit take her outrageous sound bites and tweak them a bit making them even more obvious what their treasonous globalist values & goals are . . . and post them routinely in a growing collection of sound records on a website.

I know they are already outrageous. But they need pushed over the edge so even the thick-headed middle ground Kool-Aid guzzlers would 'get it.'

1,654 posted on 01/17/2019 3:23:38 PM PST by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)

The Latest: Schiff Berates Trump for Disclosing Warzone Trip

House intelligence committee chairman: Trump disclosing Pelosi's warzone trip 'completely and utterly irresponsible in every way'.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local):4:50 p.m.

The chairman of the House intelligence committee says that President Donald Trump's decision to reveal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Brussels and Afghanistan is "completely and utterly irresponsible in every way."

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says he won't comment on whether the trip is still on. Trump announced Thursday afternoon that he was denying Pelosi an aircraft to visit troops abroad and reassure NATO allies. That move came after Pelosi suggested delaying his State of the Union address.

Schiff says Trump is acting "like he's in the fifth grade." The California Democrat said that "we're determined our oversight will continue no matter what the president's action are."

Schiff said the congressional delegations had anticipated defense and intelligence briefings in Afghanistan.

3:45 p.m.

A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the trip that President Donald Trump is canceling was intended to express appreciation to U.S. troops and reaffirm the United States "ironclad commitment" to the NATO alliance.

Trump wrote Pelosi on Thursday and said he was denying military aircraft for a trip to Egypt, Brussels and Afghanistan amid the government shutdown. The notice came after Pelosi attempted on Wednesday to delay Trump's State of Union address.

Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted that the previously unannounced trip was to Afghanistan, including a stop in Brussels. He said it did not include a stop in Egypt.

https ://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-01-17/the-latest-more-furloughed-workers-seek-unemployment-aid

Egypt ?

1,655 posted on 01/17/2019 3:24:05 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

She actually reminds me of David Hogg; just layin’ down the law; this is how it’s gonna be; doesn’t listen to a thing anyone says to them (unless to take offense); prob doesn’t listen to the words coming out of her own mouth.
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Thats what I mean by she won’t shut up!

1,656 posted on 01/17/2019 3:25:11 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

Is there a viable alternative to Etsy?

1,657 posted on 01/17/2019 3:25:32 PM PST by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)

To: JockoManning

Little chance of that, but it does not stop US from doing it!

1,658 posted on 01/17/2019 3:26:12 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

Not even very pretty, she has big teeth and a fish mouth but she has nice skin and hair ok smile legs still ok. She’s going to hit the wall hard.

1,659 posted on 01/17/2019 3:26:31 PM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)

To: JockoManning

Not that I know of. Ebay??

1,660 posted on 01/17/2019 3:26:55 PM PST by Enigo54 (Hank Reardon was right)

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