Federal prosecutors are close to bringing charges against Greg Craig, a prominent Democratic lawyer and former White House counsel in the Obama administration, in a case that originated with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to people familiar with the matter.
A review of the case against Craig, much of it previously unreported, demonstrates the tumultuous path of the investigation of one of the country's most prominent attorneys, a matter that has gone on for so long and changed hands so many times that the statute of limitations for the initial matter for which he was investigated - failure to register as a foreign agent - has expired.
Craig initially came into the crosshairs of federal prosecutors in mid-2017, during the investigation by Mueller.
Craig and Skadden, during the course of their work for Ukraine, hadn't registered under FARA. Craig was interviewed twice by the special counsel team - once in the fall of 2017, at which time he was represented by Skadden's general counsel, and a second time in March 2018, by which point he had retained his own counsel.
Days after the second interview, special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann informed Craig that his case was being transferred to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
The case concerning Craig was transferred alongside two related inquiries, CNN has reported.
Finally, they raised concerns that Craig, a prominent Democrat, was being examined in part to due to the political climate and to compensate for an investigative emphasis on Trump-connected Republicans as a result of Mueller's probe.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/2019/03/28/prominent-democratic-lawyer-greg-craig-close-to-being-charged-in-case-stemming-from-mueller-probe/
A review of the case against Craig, much of it previously unreported, demonstrates the tumultuous path of the investigation of one of the country's most prominent attorneys, a matter that has gone on for so long and changed hands so many times that the statute of limitations for the initial matter for which he was investigated - failure to register as a foreign agent - has expired.
Craig initially came into the crosshairs of federal prosecutors in mid-2017, during the investigation by Mueller.
Craig and Skadden, during the course of their work for Ukraine, hadn't registered under FARA. Craig was interviewed twice by the special counsel team - once in the fall of 2017, at which time he was represented by Skadden's general counsel, and a second time in March 2018, by which point he had retained his own counsel.
Days after the second interview, special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann informed Craig that his case was being transferred to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
The case concerning Craig was transferred alongside two related inquiries, CNN has reported.
Finally, they raised concerns that Craig, a prominent Democrat, was being examined in part to due to the political climate and to compensate for an investigative emphasis on Trump-connected Republicans as a result of Mueller's probe.
https://kbzk.com/cnn-us-politics/2019/03/28/prominent-democratic-lawyer-greg-craig-close-to-being-charged-in-case-stemming-from-mueller-probe/
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