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WASHINGTON Lawyers for Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel in the Obama administration, expect him to be indicted in the coming days on charges related to his work for the Russia-aligned government of Ukraine.

The case against Mr. Craig, 74, stemmed from an investigation initiated by the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.

An Ivy League-educated lawyer who held prominent positions in the Clinton and Obama administrations, Mr. Craig would become the first person who made his name in Democratic Party politics to be charged in a case linked to the special counsels investigation.

Mr. Craig would also become the first person to be charged in a case connected to the special counsel after Mr. Mueller finished his investigation into the 2016 presidential election. In a summary of the inquiry, Attorney General William P. Barr said that the special counsels team had concluded that there was no evidence that President Trump or his aides conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.

The case against Mr. Craig is related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, which the Justice Department is prioritizing in part because of scrutiny related to Mr. Muellers investigation.

The law requires Americans to disclose detailed information about lobbying and public relations work for foreign governments and politicians, and it has been the basis for charges brought against several people investigated by the special counsel.

Mr. Craigs lawyers do not necessarily expect him to be charged with violating the act.

Rather, they expect him to be charged with making false statements to the Justice Department officials examining whether he was required to register under the law for work he did in 2012, while he was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

The work, on behalf of the government of Viktor F. Yanukovych, then the president of Ukraine, was linked to Paul Manafort, who at the time was a political consultant earning tens of millions of dollars for his representation of Mr. Yanukovych.

Mr. Manafort, who went on to become Mr. Trumps campaign chairman in 2016, was sentenced last month to seven and a half years in prison on charges brought by Mr. Muellers team related to obstruction of justice and violations of FARA, as well as banking and tax laws stemming from his work in Ukraine.

Mr. Manafort arranged for Skadden Arps to be paid more than $5.2 million in 2012 and 2013, primarily from a Ukrainian oligarch, to assist the Ukrainian Justice Ministry. Specifically, Mr. Craig and his team produced a report that Mr. Manafort intended to use to quell Western criticism of the prosecution and jailing by Mr. Yanukovychs government of one of his rivals, the former prime minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko, and to train Ukrainian prosecutors handling matters related to the case.

After the report was released, and Mr. Craig was quoted discussing it in an article in The New York Times, the Justice Department unit that oversees FARA reached out to Skadden Arps to ask why the firm and its lawyers had not registered as foreign agents for the Ukrainian government.

The department initially concluded in 2013 that Skadden Arps was obligated to register. 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.

After the initial determination, Mr. Craig told the Justice Department that he and Skadden Arps did not proactively reach out to news outlets to disseminate and promote the report. Rather, he claimed he distributed the report only in response to requests from the media, according to a letter he sent to the department at the time.

Prosecutors cast doubt on Mr. Craigs claim in a settlement reached in January between the Justice Department and Skadden Arps. Under that settlement, the firm avoided prosecution in the matter in exchange for an agreement to pay $4.6 million, to retroactively register its Ukraine work under FARA, to beef up its compliance processes and to cooperate with government investigations of the work on behalf of Ukraine.

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.

Neither Mr. Craig nor the journalist are identified by name in the settlement. The journalist, David E. Sanger of The New York Times, is an author of the article in which Mr. Craig is quoted.

Mr. Craigs lawyers have argued that he was not required to register his work under FARA because he was not doing public relations for the Ukrainian government.

In a statement on Wednesday, they said he repeatedly refused requests that he participate in Ukraines media and lobbying campaign to promote the Tymoshenko Report.

Rather, they say he spoke to The Times to correct the Ukrainian Justice Ministrys claims that the report cleared Mr. Yanukovych of accusations that he directed the prosecution of Ms. Tymoshenko for political purposes.

The report was critical of the Tymoshenko trial and caused unhappiness in the Ministry of Justice, the lawyers said in their statement.

Mr. Craigs lawyers asserted that the case against their client was flimsy, pointing out that Mr. Muellers team referred it to federal prosecutors in Manhattan last year for potential prosecution related to FARA, but that they did not bring charges. Instead, the case was moved in January to Washington.

It is being handled by the United States attorneys office in Washington, and the Justice Departments National Security Division, which enforces FARA.

Mr. Craigs lawyers said in the statement, We expect an indictment by the D.C. U.S. attorneys office at the request of the National Security Division. But they added, Mr. Craig is not guilty of any charge and the governments stubborn insistence on prosecuting Mr. Craig is a misguided abuse of prosecutorial discretion.

Mr. Craig left Skadden Arps last year as scrutiny of his work with Mr. Manafort escalated and after a former associate of the firm pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his work on the effort.

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Barack Obama can now add style icon to his list of titles. The former president turned heads when he showed up to a basketball game wearing a custom black bomber jacket with "44" embroidered on the sleeve.

Mr. Obama cheered courtside as the Duke Blue Devils faced off against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, Wednesday night. The highly anticipated game was dramatic in its own right the sole of Duke's star player Zion Williamson's Nike sneaker completely fell apart less than one minute into the game, leaving him with a knee injury.

But another item of sportswear also caught people's eyes Mr. Obama's jacket. The customized Rag & Bone bomber featured the number "44" on the left sleeve as a tribute to his presidency.

On social media, many were thrilled by the look, dubbing the jacket the "O-Bomber" and also praising his trendyAllbirds sneakers. Some even asked the designer to release the jacket as official presidential merchandise.

This isn't the first time Mr. Obama's wardrobe choices have gone viral though the reaction hasn't always been so positive. He's well known for his love of "dad jeans," not to mention the infamous tan suit controversyback in 2014.

Since leaving the White House, he has embraced a more distinct personal style, fully flaunting his "cool dad" status with leather jackets and backwards hats.

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A secret meeting of former President Barack Obamas financial backers convened in Washington early this month: Organized by David Jacobson and John Phillips, Mr. Obamas former ambassadors to Canada and Italy, the group interviewed an array of 2020 presidential candidates and debated whether to throw their wealth behind one or two of them.

Mr. Obama had no role in the event, but it unfolded in his political shadow: As presidential hopefuls like Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar and Sherrod Brown auditioned before them, the donors wondered aloud whether Mr. Obama might signal a preference in the race, according to three people briefed on the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

David Axelrod, Mr. Obamas former chief strategist, told the group they should expect no such directive. Mr. Axelrod confirmed in an interview that he briefed the gathering, recalling: They asked me about Obama endorsing. I said, I dont imagine he will.

Mr. Axelrod said he had been sharing his own perspective, not speaking as an official Obama emissary. But his forecast matches what Mr. Obama has told friends and likely presidential candidates in private: that he does not see it as his role to settle the 2020 nomination, and prefers to let the primary unfold as a contest of ideas. Michelle Obama, the former first lady, also has no plans to endorse a candidate, a person familiar with her thinking said.

Even former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. does not expect to secure Mr. Obamas backing if he runs, according to allies of Mr. Bidens.

Yet if Mr. Obama has all but officially taken a vow of neutrality, he remains the partys most convincing model for success at the national level, and continues to shape the mind-set and strategy of Democratic presidential candidates.

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He has counseled more than a dozen declared or likely candidates on what he believes it will take to beat President Trump, holding private talks with leading contenders like Ms. Harris, Mr. Booker and Senator Elizabeth Warren; underdogs like Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind.; and prominent figures who remain undecided on the race, like Eric H. Holder, his former attorney general, and Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York.

During these informal conversations, usually at his office in Washington, Mr. Obama has offered a combination of supportive advice and sober warnings, cautioning candidates that running for president is a more punishing process than they could ever imagine, according to seven people who have spoken with him directly or were briefed in detail on the meetings.

Mr. Obama continues to express frustration that he did not anticipate Mr. Trumps victory, these people said, even after years of clashing with the forces of right-wing populism as president. He has urged candidates to push back on Mr. Trumps bleak and divisive rhetoric about economic change, and to deliver a competing message that can resonate even in Republican-leaning areas, courting rural voters and other communities that tend to distrust Democrats.

Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, said the former president was encouraged by the diverse, experienced and principled field of candidates taking shape, and said Mr. Obama had been happy to speak privately with candidates seeking his guidance on the best way to lead the country.

President Obama counsels candidates to always show up and make their case even in areas or in front of audiences they may not necessarily win; express views and positions that reflect their genuine beliefs; and share a positive vision for the country true to their own personal story, he said.

The discreet role Mr. Obama is taking reflects his longstanding ambivalence about acting as a partisan political leader, and has the potential to disappoint Democrats who pine for him to intercede more decisively. Known for his lack of interest in intraparty wrangling when he was president, Mr. Obama has privately voiced both an impatience to move on from politics and an urgent sense of responsibility to do what he can to thwart Mr. Trump.

Some Democrats still hope Mr. Obama might help resolve the primary in an active way, perhaps if the contest narrows to just two candidates and he believes one of them cannot beat Mr. Trump. Steve Westly, a California investor who was a major fund-raiser for Mr. Obama, said he expected the race to come down to two or three candidates very quickly and foresaw an opening for Mr. Obama to act.

I am sure he feels, as an American, that he wants to make sure the Democratic Party puts up the best possible candidate, Mr. Westly said.

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Mr. Obama has indicated to candidates that he worries about the possibility of a damaging primary fight, and has urged them to avoid attacking each other in bitterly personal terms that could help Mr. Trump. He has also hinted that he sees a relatively open space for a more moderate Democrat, given the abundance of hard-charging liberals in the race.

Democrats have kept the meetings almost entirely confidential, out of deference to Mr. Obama. Beto ORourke, the former Texas Senate candidate, briefly described his session with the former president in an interview with Oprah Winfrey this month, recalling that Mr. Obama spoke with disarming candor about the personal strain of running for president. Mr. ORourke said Mr. Obama had not lobbied him to run.

You asked if he encouraged me to; he did not, Mr. ORourke said. But he was very generous in sharing what his thought process was, leading up to that decision.

Other candidates have declined to share details of their meetings with Mr. Obama, but invoke him reverently on the campaign trail. Mr. Booker drew laughter and applause from a crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last weekend, when he declared: I miss Obama and I miss her husband, too!

The primary will represent something of a test for Mr. Obamas brand of politics, if perhaps not of his influence within the party. He is personally revered by many Democrats, and his achievements like the Affordable Care Act, the Paris climate agreement and the regulations he imposed on banks and coal companies are seen as sacrosanct by most liberals.

But Mr. Obamas party has also plainly moved leftward on core matters of policy since his term ended, and some factions have grown contemptuous of the consensus-seeking approach Mr. Obama took as president. The coming primary campaign may hinge in part on whether Democratic voters favor making gradual improvements to Mr. Obamas legacy or pursuing more disruptive policy changes like enacting single-payer health care.

Mr. Obamas doctrine of nonintervention could represent a setback, though not an unexpected one, to Mr. Biden. The former vice president and his political allies have confided to potential supporters that they do not expect Mr. Obama to issue an endorsement in the primary, for Mr. Biden or anyone else.

But the two men have discussed the race, and allies of Mr. Biden hope Mr. Obama might speak favorably about Mr. Bidens service as his running mate and vice president, people who have spoken to Mr. Bidens inner circle said.

Bill Russo, a spokesman for Mr. Biden, declined to comment.

In public and private, Mr. Obama has spoken admiringly about a few potential presidential candidates as they burst upon the national scene, applauding signs that a newer generation of leaders is rising in the party. He has told friends that Mr. ORourke and Mr. Buttigieg represent precisely that kind of generational change, and expressed deep admiration for Mitch Landrieu, the former mayor of New Orleans, for his approach to removing Confederate statues in his city.

After campaigning in Georgia last fall, Mr. Obama described Stacey Abrams, the partys nominee for governor in 2018, as one of the most impressive candidates he had encountered.

And Mr. Obama took a keen interest in Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, when he was considering a presidential run last year. A former civil rights lawyer with moderate instincts, Mr. Patrick spoke repeatedly with Mr. Obama before announcing in December that he would not run, citing the strain a campaign would impose on his family.

Mr. Obama has spoken out selectively since leaving office, usually focusing on themes related to the integrity of the political system. He campaigned widely in the midterm elections, focusing many of his endorsements on promoting women and candidates of color, and he has taken a leading role in a group set up to fight congressional gerrymandering, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Mr. Obama is expected to help raise money in the coming months for the organization, said a spokesman for the group, which is helmed by Mr. Holder.

To some veteran Obama supporters, there is a certain irony to Democrats wishing that Mr. Obama would act as an old-school party leader and decree his preferences from on high.

Rufus Gifford, a top Obama fund-raiser who served as ambassador to Denmark, suggested that the diversity of the Democratic candidates was a consequence of Mr. Obamas pathbreaking presidency. He said the 2020 field was a tribute to the former president, even if it left voters and donors struggling to parse their options.

You look at the number of women, the racial diversity, the diversity of experience, the different levels of public service I think a lot of that can and should be attributed to the legacy of Barack Obama, Mr. Gifford said.

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Former President Barack Obama was in attendance for Wednesday night's upset by the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels of the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Duke University officials hadincreased security with the likelihood that Obama would be in attendance, a person with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports earlier Wednesday.

The person requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter.

Obama was video-taped pregame by ABC11's Mark Armstrong high-fiving fans and later was captured by ESPN cameras.

The former president even had a front-row view at Zion Williamson's bizarre knee injury, which wasthe result of the Duke star freshman's shoe blowing apart when he planted.

After taking in the contest, which resulted in a big UNC win, Obama took to Twitter to wish Williamson well.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told reporters after the game that Williamson had suffered a "mild knee sprain," but said his star's knee was otherwise "stable."

Obama was the talk of Tuesday's news conference withtheteams, with Duke's R.J. Barrett thrilled aboutthe possibilityof the former presidentpossibly attending.

"If he comes, I'm going to be very excited," Barrett told reporters. "This is a legendary game. Many people want to watch. It's going to be a great game."

Former President Barack Obama looks on during the first half between the Duke Blue Devils and North Carolina Tar Heels.(Photo11: Rob Kinnan, USA TODAY Sports)

The Tar Heels (20-5, 10-2)are looking to upset the heavily favored Blue Devils (23-2, 11-1) in the first of two clashes in the next three weeks. Behind Barrett and projected No. 1 NBA draft pick Williamson, Duke is currently the top overall No. 1 seed in USA TODAY Sports' latest bracketology. North Carolina is a projected No. 2 seed.

Obama has close ties to UNC coach Roy Williams and often favored the Tar Heels in hisNCAA tournament picks while he was president.

I never know who is coming, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told reporters Tuesday. I try not to let that be what Im thinking of. Look, anybody can show up here because it is a bucket-list thing. Its a bucket-list just to come to a game in Cameron. But Duke and Carolina at Cameron is one of those great sporting events. So we can expect anything here."

Tipoff for the gameis 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, and tickets were nearing the price of Super Bowl tickets.

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