Busy as hell the past couple of weeks, and will likely be busy for a couple more. But I was able to find the time for this somewhat unusual WOT. Enjoy.<\/p>\n
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Well, it looks like the Mueller investigation finally<\/u> uncovered some bona fide<\/i> wrongdoing on the behalf of Russian interests. We in fact appear to have prominent US citizens \u2013 e.g., high-level political \u201cmovers and shakers\u201d, and former Presidential confidantes – who were acting to further Russian-backed interests!<\/p>\n
But I\u2019d also guess that those from the \u201cOrange Man Bad!\u201d crowd won\u2019t exactly be pleased. <\/p>\n
Why? Because the individual indicted yesterday for working to further Russian interests was indeed a former high-level Presidential Appointee, and key Presidential advisor. But it wasn\u2019t<\/u> someone from the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n
Rather, it was Gregory B. Craig \u2013 former White House Counsel to Trump\u2019s predecessor, as well as a former official and confidante in the Clintoon Administration \u2013 who was indicted yesterday. Turns out Craig was working to further Russian-backed interests.<\/p>\n
Specifically, Craig was hired by the government of the Russian-backed former president of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to write an \u201cinvestigative report\u201d whitewashing the persecution of Ukrainian dissident Yulia Tymoshenko by the Yanukovych regime. The \u201cinvestigative report\u201d Craig co-authored provided fig-leaf “justification” for her persecution; it was used to improve the international standing and prestige of the Yanukovych regime.<\/p>\n
Craig did this \u2013 while actively avoiding legally-mandatory registration as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). (FARA registration would have made Craig\u2019s activities public.) And to justify his non-registration under FARA, Craig lied to both Mueller\u2019s and the DOJ\u2019s National Security Division\u2019s FARA Registration Unit investigators about his work. <\/p>\n