In a full day of testimony by high-profile D.C. attorney Cliff Sloan, both sides in the criminal trial of Manafort-tied Greg Craig plowed through draft letters Sloan and Craig wrote responding to a 2013 Justice Department inquiry into their work for the Ukrainian government.
Read moreIn a second round in the limelight of federal court, Rick Gates testified Thursday against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig in a criminal trial that touches two successive presidential administrations.
Read moreA federal judge shot down objections by attorneys for former White House counsel Greg Craig on Wednesday over the government’s use of the Skadden Arps IT director to present dozens of documents as evidence in Craig’s criminal trial.
Read moreTempers flared Tuesday at the trial of Greg Craig as both parties questioned a government witness who testified that the former White House counsel was ingrained in operations to craft U.S. media coverage on Ukraine.
Read moreNearly seven years ago to the day, former White House counsel Greg Craig agreed in a meeting with future Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to communicate with journalists on behalf of the Ukrainian government, according to testimony Monday in Craig’s criminal trial.
Read moreThe criminal trial of Greg Craig continued Friday with an offbeat start as the former White House counsel spoke up in court for the first time with an apology.
Read moreOut to safeguard his “sterling reputation,” the government claims, former White House counsel Greg Craig lied about his work on behalf of Ukraine rather than tarnish his long-running career as a top D.C. lawyer by registering as a foreign agent.
Read moreA federal judge refused Tuesday to block to the trial of Greg Craig, former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, on charges that he misled the government about his work on a secret Ukrainian government campaign linked to Paul Manafort.
Read moreA year and a half after the plea deal from Rick Gates helped convict former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, a federal judge indicated Friday that the former lobbyist is finally ready for sentencing.
Read moreNew York Times reporter Ken Vogel has been exploring reporting over Ukraine-related lobbying from many dimensions, but a federal judge forestalled one of the avenues of his research on Monday, warning that journalistic scrutiny “could reveal the existence of law enforcement proceedings that are not officially acknowledged or publicly known.”
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Already convicted federally on a host of financial crimes, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Thursday to related criminal charges by New York authorities.
Read moreShedding light on the federal intervention that is keeping Paul Manafort off Rikers Island, a series of letters made public Tuesday show that the government appeared to credit Manafort’s complaints about his pretrial conditions.
Read moreIn a decision that could have implications for convicted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a person can face state and federal prosecution over the same criminal conduct.
Read moreThe man who served as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of lying to the federal government about work he and his firm did for the Ukrainian government that was linked to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday sentenced a political consultant to three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to lobbying for a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party without registering with the U.S. government.
Read moreTouching two successive presidential administrations, federal prosecutors charged former President Barack Obama’s counsel Greg Craig on Thursday with lying about his work on a secret Ukrainian government campaign linked to Paul Manafort.
Read moreProsecutors urged a federal judge Monday to go easy on the lobbyist who was prepared to testify against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort as part of a plea deal.
Read moreThat Paul Manafort committed crimes within Manhattan borders is by now indisputable. What divides experts, however, is whether the new state charges unveiled against the former Trump campaign chair can withstand a double-jeopardy challenge.
Read moreCiting the former Manafort crony’s ongoing cooperation with multiple investigations, Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a federal judge Friday to there is no need to sentence Rick Gates anytime soon.
Read moreNew York’s top prosecutor indicted Paul Manafort on Wednesday afternoon, less than an hour after a federal judge lengthened the prison sentence awaiting the former Trump campaign chair.
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