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ON TRIAL – Former Skadden partner Gregory Craig is scheduled to stand trial today in D.C. federal court over charges he lied about the scope of his work for the government of Ukraine. The former Obama White House counsel, represented by lawyers from Zuckerman Spaeder, has strongly denied the claims. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is presiding over the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.