Greg Craig, who once served as White House counsel for then-President Barack Obama, was indicted on Thursday on two counts of making false and misleading statements to investigators in connection with his work on behalf of Russia-backed former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.
Wonder if this is what Obama meant when he said he would have more flexability after the election. Wonder how far deep this could go.
And I love this part:
Craig’s attorneys on Wednesday night told The Associated Press in a statement that the “government’s stubborn insistence on prosecuting Mr. Craig is a misguided abuse of prosecutorial discretion.”
On Thursday, the attorneys, William W. Taylor III and William Murphy, told reporters: “Mr. Craig is not guilty of any charge."
Fed prosocutors were kinda painted into a corner on this one:
FARA violations were only rarely prosecuted until Mueller took aim at Manafort for his own lobbying work in Ukraine. Manafort, who counted Yanukovych as one of his most lucrative clients, has been convicted on numerous bank and tax fraud charges, and was separately accused of FARA violations as well.
Manafort would have a huge out if he was charged, but this other guy working with him wasn’t.
