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Former @BarackObama White House counsel #GregCraig revealed that Victor Pinchuk—a #Ukrainian businessman and a major donor to the #ClintonFoundation—funded the #Ukraine report which is now at the center of federal charges against Craig.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donor-funded-ukraine-report-at-core-of-charges-against-former-obama-counsel_2881961.html

Clinton Foundation Donor Funded Ukraine Report at Core of Charges Against Former Obama Counsel

By Ivan Pentchoukov

April 16, 2019 Updated: April 16, 2019

On April 15, former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig revealed the identity of the mystery man who funded the Ukraine report which is now at the center of federal charges against Craig.

In a video statement, Craig said that Victor Pinchuk “helped fund” the 2012 report. Pinchuk is a Ukrainian businessman and a major donor to the Clinton Foundation.

“It was Doug Schoen who brought this project to me, and he told me he was acting on behalf of Mr. Victor Pinchuk, who is a pro-Western Ukranian businessman, who helped fund the project,” Craig said.

In an indictment filed earlier this month, federal prosecutors alleged that Craig lied about aspects of his work on the Ukraine report, including the nature and extent of his communications with the media, in order to avoid registering as a foreign lobbyist as required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Craig adamantly denies the allegations, explaining that he worked with other attorneys to determine whether he was required to register and concluded that he was not.

“I never discussed the findings of our report with any U.S. officials. I certainly did not lobby any U.S. officials on behalf of Ukraine,” Craig said. “I did not help Ukraine promote its spin when it released our report.”

Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State when Craig began work on the Ukraine report in 2012. Craig has had a long-running close and personal relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton and held a senior position in the Clinton White House before becoming Obama’s counsel.

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation donated $10 million to $25 million to the Clinton Foundation sometime before 2013, making him the top foreign contributor to the foundation. When The Wall Street Journal asked the Pinchuk Foundation if Vikor Pinchuk was lobbying the State Department, Pinchuk’s foundation said, “this cannot be seen as anything but a good thing.”

The Pinchuk-Craig-Clinton links may mean that the Justice Department already has examined or may eventually scrutinize communications between Craig and the Clintons. While Craig said he did not lobby U.S. officials on behalf of Ukraine, he did not state whether he lobbied on behalf of Pinchuk, a private businessman who did not hold a post in the Ukrainian government at the time he funded the report. Craig also did not mention whether he lobbied a spouse of a U.S. official, namely Bill Clinton.

Schoen, the man who brought the project to Craig, was registered as a lobbyist for Pinchuk throughout Clinton’s tenure at the head of the State Department. It was after being introduced to the Clintons by Schoen in 2006 that Pinchuk began donating to the Clinton Foundation. Schoen told The Wall Street Journal that the donations were not part of his lobbying efforts.

Schoen arranged about a dozen meetings between Pinchuk and State Department officials between September 2011 and November 2012, according to The New York Times. The meetings occurred as Pinchuk was donating to the Clinton Foundation and funding Craig’s Ukraine report.