Ex-Obama WH Counsel Expects To Be Indicted This Week

WINSTON SALEM, NC - JUNE 3: John Edwards' defense attorney Greg Craig of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom speaks to a crowd of reporters on June 3, 2011 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. A federal grand jur... WINSTON SALEM, NC - JUNE 3: John Edwards' defense attorney Greg Craig of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom speaks to a crowd of reporters on June 3, 2011 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. A federal grand jury indicted John Edwards, the former senator and presidential candidate, on charges that he used campaign contributions to hide an affair. (Photo by Steve Exum/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The former White House counsel for President Obama’s administration, Greg Craig, expects he will be indicted as early as Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Craig is expected to be indicted for making false statements to the Justice Department over work he did in Ukraine in 2012, people familiar with the situation told the WSJ.

“This case was thoroughly investigated by the SDNY and that office decided not to pursue charges against Mr. Craig. We expect an indictment by the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office at the request of the National Security Division. Mr. Craig is not guilty of any charge and the government’s stubborn insistence on prosecuting Mr. Craig is a misguided abuse of prosecutorial discretion,” Craig’s lawyers said in a statement to the WSJ.

Read the full WSJ report here. 

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