Robert Mueller’s investigation is over. But the government crackdown on unregistered foreign agents may be just getting started
., who served as White House counsel under President Barack Obama, on Thursday sent a clear signal to K Street that lobbyists who work for foreign interests without registering have reason to be afraid.
Craig was charged with misleading the Justice Department about his role in writing a report in 2012 on the prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former Ukrainian prime minister, while he was a partner at the law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Manafort arranged to hire Skadden on behalf of the Ukrainian government, although a Ukrainian oligarch paid most of the firm’s fees, according to the indictment.
posted to YouTube on Thursday. “I was always honest about the reasons for my contacts with the media. This prosecution is unprecedented and unjustified. I am confident that both the judge and the jury will agree with me.”in January that the firm had misled the government and agreed to pay nearly $4.7 million it had earned for the work as a penalty.
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