" 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. ..."=======================
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...