Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1981, Craig yana cikin rukunin da ya wakilci John W. Hinckley, Jr., wanda
da yunkurin kashe Ronald Reagan; Hinckley an same shi ba shi da laifi saboda rashin hankali. Craig ya yi aiki a ofishin Sanata Edward M. Kennedy a matsayin babban jami'in tsaronsa, tsaro na kasa, da kuma mataimakin manufofin waje daga 1984 zuwa 1988. Craig kuma ya kare dan uwan Ted Kennedy William Kennedy Smith a kan zargin da ake yi na kai hari; William Kennedy Smith ya kasance a baya an sake shi a kan zargin fyade a 1991.