New York’s Fraud Case Against Manafort Thrown Out
A New York judge agreed Wednesday to dismiss a criminal indictment of the already incarcerated former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort.
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Ex-Trump Aide Paul Manafort Hospitalized During Prison Term
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Read moreHouse Dems’ Lawyer Presses for Mueller Grand Jury Material
Calling for grand jury records in the special counsel’s investigation to be made public, a lawyer for House Democrats told the D.C. Circuit on Monday about mounting evidence that the president lied to Robert Mueller.
Read moreMueller Documents: Manafort Pushed Ukraine Hack Theory
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s deputy told investigators during the special counsel’s Russia probe. The unsubstantiated theory, advanced by President Donald Trump even after he took office, would later help trigger the impeachment inquiry now consuming the White House.
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Attorney’s Foreign Lobbying Trial Reaches Closing Arguments
Federal prosecutors came out swinging in closing arguments during the criminal trial against Greg Craig Tuesday, urging the jury to find the high-profile Washington attorney guilty of lying to the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
Read moreGreg Craig Denies Pro-Ukraine Tilt of Tymoshenko Report
A high-profile Washington lawyer accused of working on a secret campaign to sway America’s perception of Ukraine when it was cozy with the Kremlin faced a grueling cross-examination Thursday over a report that cost him his job at Skadden Arps.
Read moreDenying That He Lobbied, Indicted DC Attorney Says Ukraine Meddled
A powerful Washington lawyer facing charges spun off from the Mueller probe testified in his own defense Wednesday, telling federal jurors that his work on behalf of Ukraine never crossed the line into foreign lobbying.
Read moreDefense Takes Over in Trial of DC Power Attorney With Manafort Ties
Attorneys for high-profile Washington – and Paul Manafort-tied – lawyer Greg Craig told a federal judge Tuesday that a close look at the federal statute requiring U.S. citizens to register as foreign agents for certain work done outside the United States reveals the ex-Skadden Arps lawyer had no obligation to tell the full truth to the Justice Department.
Read moreInvestigator Hints at Subterfuge by Manafort Ukraine Team Member
The top Justice Department official tasked with tracking foreign agents testified Monday that Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel who went on to work with Paul Manafort in Ukraine, failed to disclose contact with U.S. journalists – obstructing her ability to determine if he worked on behalf of the Ukrainian government.
Read moreManafort Ukraine Team Member’s Answer to Feds Dissected at Trial
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 moreRick Gates Testifies in Trial of Manafort Ukraine Team Member
In 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 moreBilling Takes Center Stage at Trial of Manafort Ukraine Team Member
A 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 moreTense Exchanges at Trial of Former Obama White House Counsel
Tempers 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 moreWitness Says Ex-Obama Counsel Reached Deal on Ukraine Work
Nearly 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 moreEx-Obama Counsel Apologizes for Talking to Trial Witness
The 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 moreTrial Kicks Off for Ex-Obama Counsel With Ties to Manafort & Ukraine
Out 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 moreJudge Paves Road to Trial for Ex-Obama Counsel
A 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 moreSentencing in the Works for Rick Gates, Early Mueller Probe Figure
A 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 moreJudge Says Spinoff Manafort Probes Still Active
New 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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Manafort Pleads Not Guilty to State Charges of Mortgage Fraud
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.
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