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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: endicom on September 21, 2017, 10:50:03 pm

Title: Russia Probe May Implicate One Of The Biggest Names In Law
Post by: endicom on September 21, 2017, 10:50:03 pm
Daily Caller
Kevin Daley
Sept. 21, 2017

Excerpt:

The request is likely connected to Mueller’s ongoing investigation of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman on whom the inquiry is intensely focused. Manafort commissioned the firm to prepare a report defending Yanukovych’s prosecution of his chief political antagonist, Yulia Tymoshenko, for corruption. Other lobbyists retained by the Yanukovych regime burnished the report as part of a strategy to assuage concerns about Ukraine’s human rights record in western capitals.

The firm’s lead attorney on the project was Gregory Craig, who served as White House Counsel during the Obama administration.

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Title: Re: Russia Probe May Implicate One Of The Biggest Names In Law
Post by: endicom on September 21, 2017, 10:55:59 pm
http://www.politico.com/story/2009/11/why-the-greg-craig-debacle-matters-029716
Title: Re: Russia Probe May Implicate One Of The Biggest Names In Law
Post by: RoosGirl on September 21, 2017, 11:00:31 pm
Judge Judy?