Craig has represented numerous high-profile clients. In 1981, he was a member of the team that represented John Hinckley, Jr., who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan. helping put together an insanity defense that led to Hinckley’s acquittal.[6]
Craig represented Senator Ted Kennedy during the 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith.[7] (The Senator himself faced no charges in this trial.)
He represented the Cuban father of Elián González during the 2000 child custody dispute which ended when U.S. Marshals enforced court orders that the child be moved from the Florida home of relatives, where they had influenced the child to make a number of videos lashing out at his father.[8] The courts ultimately supported the father’s contention that the child should be returned to his custody, a decision father’s rights groups around the world greeted with overwhelming approval.
Craig represented United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan during the Volker Commission’s investigations in 2004 into the scandals involving the oil-for-food programme.
Recently, he represented Pedro Miguel González Pinzón, a Panamanian legislator wanted in the US for the murder in 1992 of a US soldier, and the attempted murder of another. The Dallas Morning News called on Senator Obama to ask Craig to choose between the campaign and involvement in the case.[9] Craig had earlier represented the Panamá government during the trial in 1990 of the former president, General Manuel Noriega[10] and had sought the return to Panamá’s treasury of funds stolen by Noriega.
Craig’s representation of Latin American politicians caused an uproar again in June 2008, when the U.S. Department of Justice granted asylum to two of his clients, former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and former Minister of Defense Carlos Sánchez Berzaín. The two Bolivians were under indictment in Bolivia for their role in the government’s killing of 67 protesters in El Alto in 2003. While ultimately endorsing Craig, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs said that his representation of the two Bolivian clients, “has raised legitimate doubts regarding his moral commitment to Latin America.”[11]
He seems to have a lot of experience representing highly placed scum in the public trust.
I’m sure a guy like that could be very useful around 1600 these days.
In other words, he was Fidel Castro's lawyer.
What a resume! No wonder his Lowness appointed him.
Unbelievable! What an administration. We might as well elect Chavez president. His administration probably wouldn’t be much more radical.
WOW - On the wrong side of every case.
What a scum. Good riddance. Obama sure knows how to pick ‘em.
Wow.
You know, there is a pattern there.
Back in the early Fifties, Joe McCarthy raked George Marshall over the coals as being in the pocket of communists. He had the guts and the conviction to go on the floor of the Senate and spell out exactly what he meant, no pulling of punches.
He discussed how at every single turn, every decision made was in the best interests of the Soviets or the Chicoms ranging from Yalta, Teheran, Potsdam and the postwar actions. He said that if the mistakes were made due to stupidity or incompetence, then the odds would be that at least some of the time, the correct action would take place.
I see the same thing here. If this person didn’t have a specific bent for perverts, totalitarians and scumbags, then he might have a decent client to his name.
A friend to subhumans everywhere!
A White House Counsel salary can hardly compete with the option of having a multitude of private sector clients. So I am not the least bit surprised he would want to have a higher level of income.
Spook among spooks.