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struggle4progress

(118,338 posts)
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 08:55 AM Apr 2019

Ex-Obama lawyer charged in Russia probe

Greg Craig, a lawyer who worked in the White House under former US President Barack Obama, was charged on Thursday in a lobbying investigation tied to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

Craig is the first person with strong ties to the Democrats to face charges in the Mueller investigation, which has led to the indictment of numerous key allies of current US President Donald Trump ...

Craig is charged with making false statements and concealing information from the Justice Department about his alleged lobbying work.

The case centers on a 2012 report Craig wrote to justify the prosecution of a political enemy of the Russia-aligned Ukrainian government at the time ...

https://www.dw.com/en/ex-obama-lawyer-charged-in-mueller-russia-probe/a-48295874

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Ex-Obama lawyer charged in Russia probe (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2019 OP
And will Barr, Rosenstein, Graham, Nunes and more Iliyah Apr 2019 #1
Wasn't he working for Manafort? Ferryboat Apr 2019 #2
+ struggle4progress Apr 2019 #4
So. . . . Which lucky contestant sees jail first??? MagickMuffin Apr 2019 #3

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
1. And will Barr, Rosenstein, Graham, Nunes and more
Fri Apr 12, 2019, 09:08 AM
Apr 2019

find the same faith?

WOW, a Democrat. Lying is wrong. When will the liars be charged and prosecuted in this administration?

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