BREAKING: Jury reaches verdict on former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig
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WASHINGTON—Former White House counsel Greg Craig was acquitted by a federal jury on Wednesday on a felony false-statement charge, a major vindication for one of the most prominent lawyers in Washington.
The jury acquitted Mr. Craig, who served as a top counselor to two Democratic presidents and a secretary of state, after a day of closed-door deliberations at a courthouse in downtown Washington, D.C.
The article goes on to state the following:
The acquittal lifts a pall over Mr. Craig’s otherwise distinguished career at the upper echelons of law and politics, and represents a major setback for the Justice Department, which sought to make an example of Mr. Craig as it ramped up its enforcement of the laws governing work on behalf of foreign governments.
The charge against Mr. Craig stemmed from legal work Mr. Craig performed for the government of Ukraine in 2012. He and his then-law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP were hired to write an independent report for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice evaluating the fairness of the trial of an opposition politician.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent DC attorney Greg Craig found not guilty of deceiving the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 4, 2019
Greg Craig acquitted, Jacob Wohl under arrest. The deep state is working overtime folks.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 4, 2019
JUST IN via @cbsnews‘s @AmberAliNews: Former Obama White House general counsel Greg Craig found not guilty of a felony count of making false statements in his federal trial.
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) September 4, 2019
BREAK: Greg Craig acquitted. He had been charged with lying to the feds about his work for Ukraine in 2012. Jury deliberated for just five hours.@joshgerstein reporting
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 4, 2019
in spin-off of Mueller probe, former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig found not guilty of lying to investigators who were examining whether he needed to register as a foreign agent as he worked to shape American public opinion on behalf of a foreign government.
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) September 4, 2019
Greg Craig, White House counsel under Obama, was acquitted on a false-statement charge related to legal work he had performed for Ukraine https://t.co/7aqsG9t8tl
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 4, 2019
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