Barry Obama has picked Gregory Craig to be his White House counsel, an interesting move to be sure.  Craig, as you may recall, once defended Bill Clinton during his impeachment (back when Democrats all insisted it was OK to lie if you’re the president), but has also had some other key clients over the years:

Elian Gonzalez’s father - Craig represented the father who demanded the return of his son after his estranged wife died trying to take Elian to freedom.  Most people saw this as a thinly-veiled publicity stunt from Fidel Castro, attempting to embarrass the US.  The dispute got resolved when Janet Reno ordered an armed assault on the house where Elian’s family in the US provided him a home.

John Hinckley, Jr - Craig presented and won the insanity defense that allows Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin to spend weekends with his family now.

Kofi Annan - The former Secretary-General of the UN hired Craig to defend his interests in the Volcker Commission probe of the Oil-for-Food scandal, which put billions of dollars into Saddam Hussein’s pockets while providing cash for Annan’s son, his deputies, and some allege Annan himself.

Pedro Gonzalez Pinzon - A Panamanian legislator wanted for murdering an American soldier in 1992.  The Dallas Morning News demanded that Obama force Craig to drop the case during the campaign, but no report of whether he did is easily available.

That’s a new one!  A defender of a would-be presidential assassin now named to the White House council.  This douchebag Craig is so slimy, he almost makes that shitfuck Bill Ayers look like an upstanding citizen. Almost.

Source: Hot Air » Obama picks presidential assassin’s lawyer as White House counsel

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