contacted reporters on behalf of Ukraine to distribute the report to the reporters and whether he had subsequently provided false information to the Justice Department's FARA unit when he met with representatives from the unit in October 2013.

Craig's attorneys emphasized to Berman and the others that when Craig spoke to reporters, in particular to a New York Times reporter who wrote an initial story on the report, it was for the purpose of preventing what he believed would be a mischaracterization of the document, and didn't coordinate his outreach with Ukraine's Ministry of Justice.

They also pointed out that Craig didn't bill for that outreach because he didn't believe he was acting on behalf of Ukraine. And they maintained to prosecutors that his contact with reporters was to correctthe impression that the report was favorable to Ukraine, a step that ran contrary to Ukraine's interests.

Finally, they raised concerns that Craig, a prominent Democrat, was being examined in part to due to the political climate and to compensate for an investigative emphasis on Trump-connected Republicans as a result of Mueller's probe. Craig's attorneys also sent lengthy written submissions and subsequent written memos outlining these points.

In the fall of 2018, the US Attorney asked Craig's attorneys to extend the statute of limitations on the FARA inquiry, a practice known as tolling. It was weeks before the midterm elections, and Craig's attorneys raised concerns that they were being asked to extend the statute simply so that the office could avoid the choice of whether to indict Craig on the