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Former Obama WH counsel Greg Craig indicted in charges connected to Mueller probe
CNN ^ | Updated 2:47 PM ET, Thu April 11, 2019 | By Erica Orden

Posted on 04/11/2019 11:57:26 AM PDT by Red Badger

Washington (CNN)A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Greg Craig, a prominent Democratic attorney who worked for two presidents, charging him with false statements and concealing material information in connection with work he performed for Ukraine. An indictment in the case against Craig, which originated in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, has been expected for several weeks, with Craig's own lawyers saying Wednesday they anticipated such an outcome. Craig, 74, is the highest-profile Democrat to be indicted in a matter stemming from Mueller's work, which resulted in charges against numerous Republicans connected to President Donald Trump. The case is being handled by the US Attorney's office for the District of Columbia in connection with the Justice Department's national security division. The case is likely to bring renewed attention to the Justice Department's application of a once-obscure law applying to unregistered foreign agents.

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To: conservative98

That is such a douche photo. Probably because he is one.


81 posted on 04/12/2019 2:53:02 AM PDT by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win." -- some hacker)
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" late 2012, Craig had contact with several newspaper reporters at the time of the public release of the report -- a step prosecutors said in the indictment required him to register as an agent of Ukraine. But it was what came next that caused prosecutors to bring charges, according to the indictment. .....After DOJ's FARA unit inquired with the firm about whether it should register as a result of its work, Craig allegedly withheld information about his contacts with reporters from attorneys at his firm and "omitted material facts regarding his acts in furtherance of Ukraine's media plan" from DOJ's FARA unit, according to the indictment.....In early 2013, when FARA unit officials asked Craig about his work for Ukraine, he gave them a letter containing "material false and misleading statements and omissions," including that he provided only "brief clarifying statements" to one of the reporters and that he had been in contact with the other reporters after the document's public release, the indictment says. ..."

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As per usual, it's not the crime that he is being charged with (the registration statue of limitations has run) but the lie about it afterward. The downfall of so many...

82 posted on 04/12/2019 3:23:39 AM PDT by Sa-teef
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To: masadaman

The sin of omission......................


83 posted on 04/12/2019 6:22:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: laplata

I do believe justice is coming for those who should get it.

Did you see Barr the other day when Crist asked him about consulting with Mueller on his response letter to the report, and Barr said no. Crist seemed puzzled and said he was evading the answer, and Barr said something like “Why should I? It’s my letter.”

They know he isn’t going to recuse himself, and this worries them.


84 posted on 04/12/2019 6:42:03 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: dsc
Nixon was fatally flawed. He loved government. He was a Quaker and had good moral upbringing, but the Lord gave me a scripture about him near the beginning of the Watergate mess:

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked. Proverbs 29:12.

It turned out to be absolutely true ("All the President's Men").

I always admired him, but later I began to realize he wasn't as good a President as he thought he was, aside from Watergate.

85 posted on 04/12/2019 6:44:11 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

A good start, get one pig, squeeze him, and wait for the squeals. Before you know it, you have a pen full of squealers.


86 posted on 04/12/2019 7:01:07 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (What is earned is treasured, what is free is worth what you paid for it.)
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To: rlmorel

I watched it but didn’t catch that. thanks.

Justice MUST be served on these treacherous, evil people.

It will take a while and it’s going to be tough to be patient but we have no choice.


87 posted on 04/12/2019 7:03:05 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

John Dean........................


88 posted on 04/12/2019 7:15:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: rlmorel

If president Trump is not re-elected in 2020, none of them would receive justice. The new Dem president would see to it.


89 posted on 04/12/2019 7:18:20 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Yep, so true. It would have gone down the memory hole!

I am in such a good mood today about this, I live in a blue state, and on my way home, at the busiest intersection (two four lane roads meet where there are about 12 traffic lights) and there was a solitary guy out there with a sign.

Remember, I am in a blue state!

So I used to get a chance to occasionally do the Free Republic counter-protests outside Walter Reed in Washington, so I really miss this. Anyway, this guy had a sign that said “Support our Troops” so I gave a honk and a thumbs up, the guy saw me and switched his sign so I saw that other side, and it said something like “GET OVER IT! TRUMP WON FAIR AND SQUARE!” and I could hear some lefty yelling at him from a car ahead of me, and the guy just rubbed it in his face!

Love it. I love the sound of Leftist heads exploding with rage! It sounds like...Victory!


90 posted on 04/12/2019 7:34:52 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: rlmorel

Thanks for sharing that.

I share your feelings and am also in a good mood. Isn’t it nice to be optimistic and positive? It does feel great. I’m tired of the up’s and down’s.

All things considered, we have good reasons to feel that way.

The Left continues to show their true, ugly colors and more and more sensible, decent and good people are seeing it. They don’t like it. either.

Regards-


91 posted on 04/12/2019 8:03:08 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata
LOL, here is a link that takes you right to the exchanges between Crist and Barr.

Scumbag Weasel Crist questions AG Barr

Hahahahaha...what a bunch of leftist weasels!

92 posted on 04/12/2019 9:13:54 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: laplata
Heh, here is a more focused link to the part I was referring to: Barr: "It was my letter."
93 posted on 04/12/2019 9:18:23 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: Jim 0216

“It turned out to be absolutely true (”All the President’s Men”).”

That book was as true as the Trump dossier.

The question of his performance as president is separate from the question of corruption.


94 posted on 04/12/2019 9:32:40 AM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: rlmorel

Thank you.


95 posted on 04/12/2019 12:14:00 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Most welcome...good to see someone on our side, instead of stuttering and stammering to be polite when they make a stupid deman, just say...

“No.”

They can’t stand it! I watched nearly that whole thing, and their sanctimonious posing made me want to puke.

They do things like put words in his mouth, then when he corrects them to say he didn’t say that, they cut him off.

Or they inform him that, “due to limited time”, they are going to ask him a question, and specify to him that he can only answer with a “Yes” or a “No”, after which they ask a completely loaded question phrased in such a way that no matter how he answers it, Yes or No, it makes him look bad or makes him look like he supports something he doesn’t.

Nice to see he ignores these “requests”.


96 posted on 04/12/2019 12:50:02 PM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: rlmorel

I agree. They are disgusting and don’t have an honest or decent cell in their bodies.


97 posted on 04/12/2019 12:59:58 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: dsc

You actually think Watergate was some Leftist fantasy? It was Nixon’s overreacting to a seemingly relatively minor incident (but tied to a lot of big shots in his administration). What Nixon did turned the snowball of the Watergate incident into an avalanche. Sure the Left loved every minute of it. But Nixon basically hung himself and later finally admitted it.

As I said, Nixon, who I think was basically a decent man, was fatally flawed - he loved government and loved power.


98 posted on 04/12/2019 5:43:35 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: BillyBoy

Woah, talk about a blast from the past, I haven’t heard or though of that name since the 20th century.


99 posted on 04/16/2019 2:14:42 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: BillyBoy

I had no idea he was ever Obama’s WH Counsel.


100 posted on 04/16/2019 2:15:26 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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