And yes, I know there's never been a time when there weren't assholes trying to grease the skids for someone in exchange for a nice fat paycheck. But there was in fact a time when more people than not were capable of maintaining some semblance of honor, and having a little respect for the public part of public service.
If this Craig guy was peddling influence to Ukranians, then there was somebody in the federal government who was willing to have his influence peddled for him - basically by a broker of sorts - like Mr Craig.
There's no such thing as a one-sided transaction.
Former Obama White House counsel Gregory B. Craig faces trial Monday for allegedly lying to the Justice Department in a prosecution that has shaken up the capital’s billion-dollar foreign influence industry.
In charging Craig — one of Washington’s most prominent attorneys, in connection with his work for the Ukraine government at a leading law firm — the Justice Department signaled a new era for the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a once nearly dormant law that since 2017 has been invoked in more than 20 federal prosecutions aimed at combating foreign interference in U.S. politics.
Craig has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Washington. The charge against him stems from alleged public relations work, rather than lobbying, while with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He is accused not of failing to register as a foreign agent under the law, but with lying and withholding information from Justice officials seeking to determine whether he was required to register.
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