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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While waiting here for his son to be returned to him, he has been forced to watch Elian exploited by those who have him in their care. On the morning shows on national television, in the streets of Miami and now most recently in a videotape taken of Elian in his own bedroom,
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emotionally damaged and exploited this most wonderful little boy.
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I saw Juan Miguel and Elian within minutes afterward as they got out of the car and came to the location where they're going to be staying for the next couple of days on the air force base, ... It was clear that there was huge relief on Juan Miguel's face and a wonderful smile and ... comfortable physical contact between Elian and his father.
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I would urge the relatives in Miami, if they truly want to get back together with Juan Miguel and his family, that they give me a call and let's talk about timing. Let's discuss this in a civilized way, rather than having national press conferences where demands are made.
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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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William Jefferson Clinton was elected freely, fairly and openly by the American people to be president, ... We dare not reverse that decision without good and just cause.
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We intend to submit a complete accounting of the pattern of evidentiary manipulation and misdirection employed by the independent counsel to the Judiciary Committee,
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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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Tripp's repeated efforts to encourage behavior that the independent counsel later suggests is central to his case against the president raise disturbing questions about her role in this entire affair, ... It was Linda Tripp, and only Linda Tripp, who suggested to Ms. Lewinsky that she demand a job in exchange for her affidavit.
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When you see the two of them together, you realize that by keeping them apart something terrible was done.
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We are confident that the senators, once they see and hear this defense in this opening phase of the trial, will conclude that the articles do not justify or warrant conviction or removal from office. We remain hopeful that this matter can be resolved expeditiously and fairly.
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The point of all that is, they still decline to turn over the boy to his father. We could go to Miami and knock on the door and we could come out without the boy. That's unacceptable to us. The central issue is whether this boy is going to be restored to his father,
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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.