April 11 (UPI) -- A federal grand jury charged Gregory Craig, the White House counsel for President Barack Obama, with lying to special counsel Robert Mueller's team about his work in Ukraine, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The prominent Democratic lawyer is accused of lying about what kind of work his law firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, performed for the Ukrainian government in 2012 and 2013. The Justice Department said Craig lied about his work there to avoid having to register as a foreign agent.