A summary of Obama’s former lawyer Greg Craig Indictment -
In or about early 2012 Ukraine was facing international criticism regarding Yulia Tymoshenko’s trial. It was widely perceived as being a corrupt trial. To fight this image, Ukraine hired Craig’s law firm to independently investigate the conduct of the government and Tymoshenko’s conviction. The real financial backer wasn’t the Ukraine gov though. According to the indictment it was an unnamed wealthy Private Ukrainian who was the real finance behind for the report Craig was to write. He paid 4.1 million dollars for Craig’s report. This was not known publicly though. Officially the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice was paying Craig 12k for the report. To make matters worse Craig had already worked on behalf of the Ukrainian government in Tymoshenko’s prosecution.
Craig wanted to keep all these facts quiet and was able to do so, because he did not register as a FARA agent. If he had he would have to disclose all these things, and such a disclosure would shred the credibility of the so called independent investigation he was working. At one point a Ukrainian newspaper questioned the price of 12,000 bucks for such a report. In response to this legitimate questioning, the Ukraine gove and Craig faked and bac dated receipts saying the Ukraine Gov actually paid 1.25 mil for Craig’s services.
Craig then worked with members the media and a former congressman (Vin Weber?) to pump the story around western media outlets, including a meeting and leaking of info to a reporter in new work working for a well known publication. He was successful in his efforts and created a massive and well received media blitz proclaiming the prosecution of Tymoshenko to be above board.
The indictment charges that this kind of activity merits registering as a FARA agent, which would have forced him to be much more honest with his finances, and transparency would of killed the report. Also his registering as a FARA agent would have potential setbacks on future U.S. gov employment.
Manafort all over again. But this time it’s our turn.
https://www.scribd.com/document/405926123/4-11-19-Greg-Craig-Indictment
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vin-weber-top-romney-adviser-lobbying-for-ukraine-group