Posted on 03/19/2019 6:54:44 PM PDT by Revel
Former Obama White House Counsel and Clinton-linked attorney Greg Craig may soon be charged by the Justice Department for engaging in illegal unregistered overseas lobbying, in a case initially probed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller -- a development that would make him the first Democrat to face prosecution amid the long-running Russia investigation.
The case centers on lobbying work that Craig performed in 2012 for the Russian-backed president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, while Craig was a partner at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Craig allegedly never registered as a foreign agent under a U.S. law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, which requires lobbyists to declare publicly if they represent foreign leaders, governments or their political parties.
FARA violations were only rarely prosecuted until Mueller took aim at Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, for his lobbying work in Ukraine. Manafort, who connected Craig with Yanukovych, has been convicted on numerous bank and tax fraud charges, and was separately accused of FARA violations as well. He was sentenced earlier this month to approximately seven years in prison.
Craig left Skadden last year as his work with Manafort became public. In January, Skadden agreed to cooperate with the DOJ's registration requirements and paid $4.6 million in a settlement to avoid a criminal prosecution. "We have learned much from this incident and are taking steps to prevent anything similar from happening again,”
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Separately, New York prosecutors are also looking into potential similar charges regarding another Clinton-connected Washington insider, Tony Podesta. In September, Manafort admitted to directing two firms -- Mercury Public Affairs and the Podesta Group -- to lobby in the U.S. on behalf of a Ukrainian political party and Ukraine's government, then led by Yanukovych, Manafort's longtime political patron.
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I thought for a moment it said he faced possible execution.
yeah,yeah. Some democrat MIGHT get charged with something.Never happen.
Barr needs to fire Mueller before he hands out any more immunity for Democrats. I’m sure thats why this is being prosecuted, to give immunity to the Podesta brothers and any others who need it on the dem side.
He will be charged since he was doing what all Democrats do
Wake me up when they raid his house at 6am with guns drawn! I’ll be popping the corn and the corks on the champagne...
That’s ALL they got?
Greg Craig. Defence atty. for John W. Hinckley, Jr., William Kennedy Smith, and Richard Helms, the ex-director of Central Intelligence who was convicted of lying to Congress. Also worked for Ted Kennedy, Slick Willy, obama, and John Kerry. From Wikipedia. A true scumbag.
looks like Barr told Mueller he better fess up and get some of the crooks indicted or he may be next..friend to friend
We all know it was the clintons and obama and company.
Yet no arrests. I guess that Trump is afraid.
Mueller won’t be prosecuting Greg Craig; he has way to much dirt on way too many people that are part of the Deep State, including Mueller himself.
Amen. Let me see one in an orange jumpsuit and behind bars.
I've near ZERO confidence in any Clinton, Obama, OCA, MuleMan, Struck, Page....etc..etc...etc...going to jail.
Makes me sick...but that's how I feel about it all...
I've near ZERO confidence in any Clinton, Obama, OCA, MuleMan, Struck, Page....etc..etc...etc...going to jail.
Makes me sick...but that's how I feel about it all...
Mueller will suddenly become worse than Hitler.
Soetero is immune. Hillary is immune. Reading all this is similar to Don Quixote running around the countryside trying to kill windmills. Some of these folks are above the law.
They want to give the appearance of “fair and balanced” so they throw in ONE Leftist to investigate.
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