Gregory B. Craig

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Gregory B. Craig
White House Counsel
In office
January 20, 2009 – January 3, 2010
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byFred Fielding
Succeeded byBob Bauer
Director of Policy Planning
In office
July 10, 1997 – September 16, 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJim Steinberg
Succeeded byMorton Halperin
Personal details
Born
Gregory Bestor Craig

(1945-03-04) March 4, 1945 (age 79)
MPhil)
Yale University (JD
)

Gregory Bestor Craig (born March 4, 1945) is an American lawyer and former

Edward Kennedy and to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
.

After leaving the

Viktor F. Yanukovych, work referred to Craig by Paul Manafort, then a Yanukovych consultant. Craig was acquitted in a jury trial.[1]

Early life and education

Craig was born in

Monterey Institute (1980–1988).[3] The elder Craig unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor of Vermont.[3] The younger considers Vermont his home state;[2] he grew up as one of four boys in Middlebury, Vermont.[4] He spent some of his early years in Palo Alto, California.[5]

Craig attended

opposition to the Vietnam War."[9]

Craig considered claiming

Cambridge University in England,[6] where he received a master's degree in historical studies in 1968.[5][7]

After returning to United States, Craig attended Yale Law School, where he was a member of the same class as Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and David E. Kendall.[5] In the fall of 1971, Craig sublet his apartment in New Haven to Rodham and Clinton for $75 a month.[4] Craig received his J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1972.[7][10] After graduating, Craig, along with Kendall, took a job at the law firm of Williams & Connolly.[5][10]

Legal and government career from 1972 to 2009

Craig worked mostly at Williams & Connolly from 1972 to 2009, with his tenure there interrupted by periods working as a

Clinton White House.[5]

Three years after Craig began at Williams & Connolly, he left to follow his wife to Connecticut, where she obtained a master's degree in fine arts.[5] While in Connecticut, Craig worked as a public defender.[5]

Craig later returned to Williams & Connolly, where he was protege of

conspiracy in connection with an attempt to secure a D.C. government lease from D.C. official Joseph P. Yeldell, his codefendant. Craig defended Antonelli alongside his Williams & Connolly colleagues Kendall and Williams.[5][11][12] Antonelli and Yeldell were convicted by a jury in Washington, but that conviction was vacated on grounds of jury bias, and at a retrial in Philadelphia the two men were acquitted.[12][13] Craig is an admirer of Edward Bennett Williams, saying that he was "the great lawyer of our generation."[14]

In 1981, Craig was a member of the team that represented

Edward M. Kennedy as his chief defense, national security, and foreign policy aide from 1984 to 1988.[2][7] Craig also defended Kennedy's nephew William Kennedy Smith on charges of assault; William Kennedy Smith had earlier been acquitted on rape charges in 1991.[2]

Craig also served as chairman of the International Human Rights Law Group (later Global Rights).[15]

In 1996, Craig was offered the post of White House Counsel by Bill Clinton, but Craig declined.

Madeleine K. Albright appointed Craig to the post of Director of Policy Planning at the State Department in 1997.[2][7] Craig served in that post from June 1997 to 1998.[7][15] As policy planning director, Craig served as a senior advisor to Albright[15] and led the State Department's internal think tank.[14] In October 1997, Albright gave Craig the additional post of Special Coordinator for Tibetan Affairs, in order "to focus attention on China's suppression of Tibet's cultural and religious traditions."[15]

Craig worked in the White House during the Clinton administration from 1998 to 1999, holding the title of

PBS Frontline in July 2000 that Podesta was the one who recruited him and that Podesta told him that the White House needed a "coordinator quarterback."[17] He also stated that he mainly coordinated with Podesta and that "I could name to John ten other lawyers in America that could do the job as well, if not better."[17] Craig also stated that he wanted to remain in the State Department and that when Podesta first asked him to be the lawyer, he told him "Forgive me, John, if I'm not enthusiastic about the idea."[17]

Craig's style was collegial in nature and he earned the respect of other White House staffers, although there was tension with then-White House Counsel

Cheryl D. Mills and Dale Bumpers.[18]

Craig then returned to private practice at Williams & Connolly as a partner.

Cuban-American relations" which ended with the boy's return to Cuba.[2][7][20]

Other high-profile clients represented by Craig while at Williams & Connolly include

Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn;[21] and Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.[14] He reported earning a salary of $1.7 million from the firm in 2008.[19]

Obama presidential campaign

Craig met Barack and

2008 Democratic presidential primary; because of his close ties to the Clintons, this attracted widespread attention.[4][24]

In summer 2008, during the presidential campaign, Obama decided to support legislation (specifically, an amendment to the

Bush administration's warrantless NSA wiretapping program.[25] This angered many Democrats, because it was a reversal of Obama's earlier vow during the primary campaign to oppose such legislation and to filibuster against it.[25] In his role as an advisor to the Obama campaign, Craig defended Obama's reversal, and said that Obama "concluded that with FISA expiring, that it was better to get a compromise than letting the law expire."[25] This was incorrect, as FISA itself has no expiration date. Journalist Glenn Greenwald criticized Craig for the "flat-out false" statement. However, in an interview with Greenwald, Craig said that, in explaining to Risen why Obama intended to compromise, he meant to say that certain existing warrants, which had issued under recently expired provisions of FISA, would soon expire themselves unless compromise could be reached on a pending broad amendment of FISA. Said Craig, Obama concluded it was better to compromise.[26]

During the campaign, Craig "seemed on a mission to destroy Hillary's political future." He emerged as "an outspoken critic of Hillary's foreign policy experience and ... a leading contender to be secretary of state after Obama got the nomination."[16]

In late summer and fall 2008, Craig, a skilled trial lawyer, assumed the role of

presidential debates.[23] The campaign expected "that McCain would condescend to Obama as a wet-behind-the-ears rookie" and Craig played his role as such.[23] Craig-as-McCain "glowered" at Obama in debate prep, saying, "Do not lecture me about the war. Do not tell me how to deploy men in combat. I was flying a jet over Vietnam when you were in grade school."[23] Obama was tutored to remain unflinching and counterattack by listing McCain's past misjudgments.[23] In the 2004 presidential election, Craig played a similar role in preparing John Kerry for the debates; Craig played George W. Bush in practice sessions.[27]

White House Counsel in Obama administration

Craig in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama on May 1, 2009, as photographed by Pete Souza.

In its November 2008 issue, shortly before the 2008 presidential election, the ABA Journal speculated that Craig might be named Secretary of State in an Obama administration.[28] Craig also reportedly hoped for that position or another foreign policy post in the Obama administration, which did not materialize.[29] Obama ultimately appointed Craig to serve as his first White House Counsel.[29] Craig served in that post from January 2009 to January 2010.[7]

In his first year in the Obama administration, Craig handled "one of the most difficult portfolios in the

U.S. Department of Justice.[4][30] In an interview in 2011 (after leaving his post as White House counsel), Craig said of the release of the memos: "I think the President made the right decision. It was in the public interest, and it did no damage to national security."[4] Craig added that the memos were the subject of a Freedom of Information Act suit and that he believed that the likelihood of a judge ordering those memos released was high in any case.[4]

Craig also "was at the center of the White House decision to reverse itself and withhold photographs of abuse of detainees."[30]

As White House counsel, Craig also oversaw the successful confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States.[29] Craig oversaw the vetting of several prospective nominees and, once Sotomayor was selected, helped prepare her for Senate confirmation hearings.[4][31][32]

Since the summer of 2009, "word had been leaking that Greg Craig's days [as White House Counsel] were numbered and that Obama campaign legal counsel Bob Bauer would be moving in to take Craig's spot."[33] Craig did not know who was responsible for the sustained leaks, although "he suspected they were driven by someone in the White House who was frustrated with the slow progress on shuttering" the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

White House chief of staff.[33] Jonathan Alter reported that Craig and Emanuel had a bad relationship, with Emanuel believing that Craig was attempting "to build up his own mini-National Security Council instead of focusing on bread-and-butter legal issues."[34] Alter also reported that Emanuel became enraged when Craig personally traveled with four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from Guantanamo to Bermuda.[34]

By late October 2009, The New York Times reported that Craig had "for months now ... endured speculation in print and around the White House about whether he is on the way out."

Ronald A. Klain and Cynthia Hogan to handle the confirmation.[30][35]

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar with Craig in December 2009.

Jonathan Alter reported that Obama "tried to avoid a high-profile ouster" of Craig by offering him an appointment to a federal judgeship, which Craig declined.[34] Craig was subsequently forced out, learning of his impending ouster while reading the morning paper.[34]

On November 13, 2009, the White House announced that Craig would leave his post at the end of the year, and would be replaced by Robert Bauer.[30][36][37]

Craig's ouster following the "whisper campaign" against him angered his friends and supporters inside and outside the White House, who viewed him as a scapegoat.

Steve Clemons called it "the assassination of Greg Craig" and said that "the White House counsel was done in by a scurrilous leaks campaign."[33] Maureen Dowd wrote that "the way the Craig matter was handled sent a chill through some Obama supporters, reminding them of the icy manner in which the Clintons cut loose Kimba Wood and Lani Guinier."[38] Elizabeth Drew called it "the shabbiest episode of [Obama's] presidency."[38]

Craig's resignation took effect on January 3, 2010.[37] He became the highest-ranking official to leave the Obama administration up until that point.[30]

Private practice after the White House

Craig stated that he had planned to return to Williams & Connolly from the White House until he got a call from an old friend,

Joseph H. Flom, who asked him to join their law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, to establish a crisis-management team and a new practice group focusing on global issues and litigation strategies.[4] On January 27, 2010, Skadden announced that Craig had joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as a Global Policy and Litigation Strategy Practice Group partner.[39]

In April 2010, it was reported that Craig, as a Skadden partner, was representing the

Securities and Exchange Commission civil suit.[40] When asked about Craig's new role, Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton said that the administration did not have any advance knowledge of Craig's new role and also said, "I assume that people who leave the administration know [the Obama administration's rules barring former White House officials from lobbying for two years after leaving office] and are following those rules."[40] Craig said "I am a lawyer, not a lobbyist. Goldman Sachs has hired me as a lawyer—to provide legal advice and to assist in its legal representation—and that is what I am doing."[40] Legal representation was not covered by the Obama administration's ban.[40]

In 2011, Craig initially represented former Senator

Rielle Hunter.[41][42] Edwards was subsequently acquitted.[42]

In 2012, Craig co-chaired (with former Republican congressman

Washington Institute for Near East Policy which looked into American policy toward Egypt, then led by President Mohamed Morsi.[43] The task force recommended a middle ground on continuing U.S. economic and military aid to Egypt; the group's report, released in November 2012, called for "an approach whereby the United States continues to provide substantial economic and military aid while linking both direct support and backing for international financial support to Egyptian cooperation on key U.S. interests."[43]

Craig led a team of lawyers from Skadden who were commissioned by the

Viktor Yanukovich to look into errors in the trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on abuse-of-power charges.[44] The report, released in December 2012, found that Tymoshenko was denied legal counsel at "critical stages" of the trial and that her lawyers were wrongly barred from calling witnesses in her defense.[44] The report concluded that Tymoshenko's right to a fair trial "appears to have been compromised to a degree that is troubling under Western standards of due process and the rule of law."[44] However, the report also concluded that Tymoshenko's conviction was supported by the evidence presented at trial and rejected the claim that the prosecution of Tymoshenko was politically motivated by Yanukovich to obstruct the Ukrainian opposition.[44] Tymoshenko's attorneys rejected that finding, saying that the report was not independent because it was commissioned by the Ukrainian government, which paid Skadden an undisclosed sum of money,[44] and human rights organizations regarded the report as a "whitewash."[45]

Craig promoted the report to journalists and members of Congress without much success.[46] Some experts said that Craig should have registered as a foreign agent, as the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires those to lobby on behalf of foreign governments to register;[46] however, Craig's attorneys stated that Craig "never disseminated Skadden's report on the Tymoshenko trial to U.S. government officials, and he did not discuss Skadden's findings with officials in the executive branch or the Congress or their staffs," and "was not required to register under FARA."[47] In January 2019, Craig's former law firm, Skadden, paid $4.6 million to the U.S. government in disgorgement as part of a civil settlement.[48][49][50]

Indictment and acquittal

In April 2018, Craig resigned from Skadden following the indictment of

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO-SDNY) in Manhattan investigated Craig and others, including ex-lobbyist Tony Podesta and former Republican U.S. Representative Vin Weber, as part of a broader investigation into the activities of Paul Manafort.[52]

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020, wrote in his 2022 memoirs that, throughout his two and a half years as U.S. attorney, officials in Trump's Justice Department repeatedly attempted to interfere with the office to politically benefit Trump, and that these officials "kept demanding that I use my office to aid them politically."[53] Berman wrote that USAO-SDNY had come under a level of political pressure from Trump officials that was "unprecedented and scary," and that he rebuffed these requests.[53] In June 2020, Trump, angered by USAO-SDNY's investigations into Trump allies Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani, fired Berman.[53] Berman said that, following his office's investigation, USAO-SDNY concluded that Craig did not commit a FARA violation and had decided not to pursue charges against him, but that in September 2018, a Trump Justice Department official, Edward O'Callaghan, contacted Berman's office and asked him to charge Craig before the 2018 midterm elections, saying that "It's time for you guys to even things out" after the indictments of Cohen and Chris Collins, a Republican congressman and Trump ally.[53][54][55] O'Callaghan denied making the statements.[55]

The Justice Department ultimately passed the case to federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C.[46] In early April 2019, Craig's lawyers said that they expected him to be indicted by Mueller on charges of concealing and falsifying material facts relating to the investigation's inquiry into possible FARA violations, centering around the work he performed in 2012.[56][57] Craig was indicted on April 11, 2019,[58] on a single count of making false statements.[55] The indictment came after the U.S. Attorney for D.C. rejected Berman's position that an indictment was unwarranted and inappropriate.[53] The indictment alleged that Manafort hired Craig and others at Skadden to write a report which would show favor towards Yanukovich, who was known for his close ties to the Russian government, and that Manafort paid them "millions of dollars".[59][60][61]

The indictment was criticized as weak and politicized.

Senate Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into allegations that the Trump administration sought to use the U.S. Attorney's office in SDNY for partisan reasons.[55]

Personal life

Craig is married to Derry Noyes.[2][9] The two were married on July 27, 1974, in New Canaan, Connecticut. Derry is the daughter of Eliot Noyes, the noted industrial designer known for his work on the IBM Selectric typewriter.[64] Derry Craig is a graphic designer.[9] The couple have five children.

Craig lives in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, in a home purchased for $2 million in 1990.[65]

See also

  • Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019)

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