Former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig was found not guilty on a charge related to his private work in Ukraine on Wednesday, wrapping up a three-week-long trial in Washington.
"I want to thank the jury for doing justice," Craig said in a statement."I'm very fortunate to have the support of a loving family and many loyal friends who were steadfast during this ordeal. I will be forever indebted to the first-rate team of lawyers who represented me in this case."
"The jury made the only decision it could. There was never a crime and never evidence of a crime," Craig's attorney William Taylor said in a statement."The only question is why after prosecutors at the Southern District of New York turned down this case did the NSD and DOJ bring this case and hound and innocent man? That is what must be asked today."
Craig, a high-profile Washington attorney, was charged last April with two counts of lying to the federal government about the nature of his lobbying work in Ukraine. One of the charges was dropped early last month, which left Craig facing one count of participating in a lying scheme to avoid registering as a foreign agent.
In 2012, Craig and his law firm -- which at one point also employed President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort -- worked on a public relations campaign for a report it authored independently for the Ukrainian government.
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