Gregory Craig

Gregory Craig
Gregory Bestor "Greg" Craigis an American lawyer and former White House Counsel under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010. A former attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly, Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. Prior to becoming White House Counsel, Craig served as assistant to the President and special counsel in the White House of President Bill Clinton, where he directed the team defending Clinton against impeachment. Craig also served as a senior advisor to...
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Juan Miguel is an honorable man. He has given his word. He will stay in the United States so long as the appeals process is under way.
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He made the request for their assistance to have (Elian) returned to him ... as soon as possible, ... They gave assurances to him that satisfied him on this point.
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We feel it is essential to the President's defense that we be able to call our own witnesses and present our own arguments to address these important questions.
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Testimony in today's document release overwhelmingly demonstrates that not one member of the White House staff who testified believed that it was important to find Ms. Lewinsky a job, ... If the president intended to secure Ms. Lewinsky's silence in exchange for a job, it was clearly in his power to do so and to grant her precisely what she wanted.
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On behalf of the president of the United States, before you vote to impeach and remove the president, read the defense of the president ... and then be guided by your conscience and your judgment in the national interest.
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In my view, if the father is in the United States and prepared to take custody, and the relatives decline to give him custody, there is no basis whatsoever in law, morality or general convention for them to deny the father access to his son,
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The generosity of the Aspen Institute has enabled him and the members of his family to begin to recover from the tragedy and trauma of recent months, ... Juan Miguel is very grateful for this time of peace and privacy with Elian.
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In its zeal to prop up its allegations against the president, the Office of the Independent Counsel ... intentionally omitted direct, exculpatory testimony, paraphrased unambiguous statements to obscure their plain meaning, and systematically resolved conflicting testimony in its favor,