Former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig charged with false statements, concealing information
Posted on AllSides April 12th, 2019
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Gregory Craig, who served as White House counsel to President Barack Obama, was charged with lying and concealing information from federal authorities in the first case against a prominent Democrat stemming from Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
The charges center on work Craig performed in 2012 on behalf of a pro-Russian political faction in Ukraine, part of an illicit lobbying effort by Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Manafort was one of six top Trump associates charged in Mueller's inquiry into Russian efforts to influence...
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