But it reversed itself the next year after Mr. Craig made the case that the law did not apply to his work on behalf of Ukraine. Prosecutors cast doubt on Mr. Craig’s claim in a settlement reached in January between the Justice Department and Skadden Arps. But the settlement did not exonerate Mr. Craig, and in fact it signaled that he was in prosecutors’ cross hairs. It quoted emails showing Mr. Craig reached out to a journalist to offer to provide the report and discuss it. The journalist, David E. Sanger of The New York Times, is an author of the article in which Mr. Craig is quoted.

Source: New York Times April 11, 2019 00:08 UTC