eve of an election. Berman promised that wasn't the case, and Craig agreed to extend the statute for 90 days.

According to people familiar the matter, New York federal prosecutors determined they didn't have sufficient evidence to bring charges against Craig.

A spokeswoman for the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment.

In early January, days before the tolling agreement was set to expire, national security division prosecutors informed Craig's team that his case had been transferred again, this time to the US Attorney's office for the District of Columbia. Craig's attorneys made another presentation, this time in early 2019 to prosecutors from that office and the national security division.

Skadden makes a deal

This January, however, the Justice Department's national security division disclosed that it hadsettled with Skadden in an agreement that forced the firm to turn over $4.6 million it earned for its 2012 work for Ukraine and to retroactively register as a foreign agent. The language of the settlement appeared to leave Craig exposed to potential criminal charges for what the document describes as his repeated "false and misleading" statements to Justice Department officials.

No notes were taken during Craig's meeting with the FARA unit in 2014 in which prosecutors allege he made false statements, however. Rather, the Justice Department appears poised to charge Craig based on his own recollection of what was said in the meeting, which he conveyed in a letter he composed afterward.

In recent weeks, Justice Department prosecutors have privately suggested that Craig enter into a plea deal.

He has