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Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Foreign Agents Registration Act weakness helped Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, walk free

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, Greg Craig, right, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, in Washington. Craig was found not guilty of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine in a case that arose from the special counsel’s Russia investigation and that centered on the lucrative world of foreign lobbying. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Former Obama counsel acquitted of lying to government

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2019, file photo, Greg Craig, right, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, in Washington. Craig was found not guilty of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine in a case that arose from the special counsel’s Russia investigation and that centered on the lucrative world of foreign lobbying. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Prominent DC lawyer acquitted in foreign lobbying case

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to President Obama, is accused of lying to Justice Department investigators. (Associated Press)

Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel, found not guilty of lying to Justice Department

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to President Obama, is accused of lying to Justice Department investigators. (Associated Press)

Greg Craig broke law trying to protect reputation, prosecution argues

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, set for closing arguments in criminal trial

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Prominent DC lawyer takes stand to deny foreign lobbying

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Greg Craig, former Obama counsel, insists he didn’t lie to Justice Department

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Witnesses say former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig didn't feel the need to register as a foreign agent for work in Ukraine. (Associated Press)

Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel rebuffed warnings, misled investigators, witnesses say

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Greg Craig pitched for NYT reporter to get advance copy of Ukraine report: Rick Gates

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig, former White House counsel to former President Barack Obama, walks into a federal courthouse for his trial, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Key Mueller cooperator Gates testifies in trial of DC lawyer

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 23, 2018, photo, Rick Gates leaves federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Rick Gates to testify Thursday in Greg Craig trial

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, right, greets Greg Craig, left, his choice for White House counsel, as he meets with senior staff to assert expectations on ethics and conduct, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ukrainian oligarch secretly paid for report at center of criminal case against Greg Craig

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Prosecutors say former White House counsel Greg Craig ‘chose to lie and conceal’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Greg Craig trial postponed

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Potential jurors for trial of Greg Craig, former Obama W.H. counsel, asked about Mueller, Manafort

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Greg Craig arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, has charge dropped by Judge Amy Berman Jackson

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - in this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Rick Gates departs Federal District Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Rick Gates sentencing delay sought by federal prosecutors

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2018, photo, W. Samuel Patten leaves the federal court in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Washington political consultant initially entangled in the Russia investigation was sentenced to three years of probation for illegal lobbying and skirting the ban on foreign donations to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Lobbyist gets probation in case spun off from Russia probe

By CHAD DAY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 17, 2016, photo, attorney Gregory Craig arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for former Obama administration White House counsel Craig say they expect their client to be charged in a foreign lobbying investigation that grew out of the special counsel’s Russia probe. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying in lobbying probe

By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY - Associated Press