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Former Obama White House counsel 'schemed, falsified, and concealed' facts from investigators: Prosecutors
by Jerry Dunleavy
 | August 16, 2019 01:08 PM



The prosecution and defense painted starkly different pictures of how Obama White House counsel Greg Craig handled a report involving Ukraine, Paul Manafort, and the media in their opening statements at Craig's trial Thursday.

Craig is charged with misleading investigators about his role promoting the report at the behest of the Kremlin-linked government in Ukraine regarding the country’s controversial prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over allegations of corruption, in a case spun off from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

The charge relates to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which mandates anyone working on behalf of a foreign government to register with the Department of Justice.

The government's case against Craig focuses on the public relations work performed by the Democratic attorney and the law firm he worked for — Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom — for Ukraine in 2012. Manafort, who headed Trump’s campaign in 2016 only to be found guilty of tax and bank fraud and other violations by Mueller, worked alongside right-hand man Rick Gates to assist President Viktor Yanukovych. Skadden and Craig were roped into one of their efforts.

The Democratic attorney maintains it was an independent report.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston told jurors Thursday that Craig “schemed, falsified, and concealed” important facts from the investigators that enforce the foreign agents law in 2013. Gaston said whether Craig was required to register under the law was irrelevant, because it’s illegal to lie to investigators.

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