Jury considers fate of top Obama lawyer Greg Craig..updated: Not Guilty

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Jury considers fate of top Obama lawyer Greg Craig

by Jerry Dunleavy

September 04, 2019 11:27 AM
 
A jury began its deliberations Wednesday on whether Obama White House counsel Greg Craig is guilty of scheming to mislead the Justice Department, after clashes by the prosecution and defense in closing arguments Tuesday.

The trial against Craig lasted more than two weeks and included a day and a half of testimony from the high-powered Democratic lawyer himself.

Craig, 74, is charged with scheming against DOJ investigators about contacts with the media in promoting a report written at the behest of the Kremlin-linked government in Ukraine in 2012 about the country’s prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was tried under President Viktor Yanukovych. The president was a close ally of Republican operative Paul Manafort, chairman of Trump's 2016 campaign, who was convicted of crimes in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Manafort was Craig’s contact with Ukraine, and Craig’s case spun off from Mueller’s inquiry.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jury-to-decide-fate-of-obama-counsel-greg-craig-in-mueller-spin-off-case

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Obama White House counsel Greg Craig found not guilty in blow to DOJ
by Jerry Dunleavy
 | September 04, 2019 03:35 PM



Obama White House counsel Greg Craig was found not guilty Wednesday of misleading Justice Department investigators.

The verdict came after less than a day of jury deliberations in the trial spun off from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

The 74-year-old, who worked in President Barack Obama’s administration during his first term and also helped President Bill Clinton during his impeachment proceedings, was the highest-profile Democrat to face charges stemming from Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any connections with the Trump campaign.

The trial lasted more than two weeks and included a day and a half of testimony from the high-powered Democratic lawyer himself, but the jury began deliberations just on Wednesday morning and delivered its verdict acquitting him in the early afternoon.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-white-house-counsel-greg-craig-found-not-guilty-in-blow-to-doj

[dfwgator]

The Big Club wins another one.

[Sanguine]

Shocking,  huh?

[skeeter]

I cannot begin to imagine how Paul Manafort feels about this, from his cell in the solitary confinement block.