Sentences with phrase «embattled attorney»

As I noted last week, Gonzales's title seemed officially to have changed from «attorney general» to «embattled attorney general.»

You should know it is time to resign when your title changes from «attorney general» to «embattled attorney general» (as it is today in both The New York Times and The Washington Post).

Resigned: «Utah's embattled attorney general, John Swallow, resigned Thursday amid persistent questions about whether he had committed widespread ethics violations, saying the legal fight had become too costly,» The New York Times reports.

Not exact matches

Pruitt is the somewhat embattled Oklahoma state attorney general whom Trump picked to lead the agency responsible for protecting the environment and the health of Americans through regulation.

A CNN analysis has found that embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid himself nearly $ 65,000 in reimbursements from his two campaigns for Oklahoma attorney general, a move at least...

A CNN analysis has found that embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid himself nearly $ 65,000 in reimbursements from his two campaigns for Oklahoma attorney general, a move at least one...

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday refused to discuss whether President Trump is considering a pardon for his embattled personal attorney, Michael Cohen.

The University of Rochester and embattled professor Florian Jaeger both exercised poor judgment but ultimately followed most policies and laws regarding sexual harassment, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White said in a widely anticipated report that largely vindicated the university's actions before and after the matter became public.

The attorney for Hempstead's embattled schools chief Shimon Waronker challenged the legitimacy of the decision by three board trustees to place the superintendent on administrative leave, saying Waronker was a victim of «mob mentality.»

Cuomo's brother - in - law, shoe designer Kenneth Cole, resigned as the embattled leader of the AIDS research charity amfAR after the New York attorney general's office rejected a proposal that would have kept him in the slot, calling it «troubling.»

The Trump campaign has dished out nearly $ 228,000 to cover legal fees for the President's embattled personal attorney Michael Cohen, thereby potentially violating political finance laws, according to federal records.

Embattled Senate Majority Leaver Pedro Espada, Jr. is trying to hit Attorney General Andrew Cuomo where it hurts: his relationship with his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo.

TROY — Embattled but confident, Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove has begun his re-election campaign for a second term with the first goal of securing the county Republican Committee endorsement on May 19.

The embattled congressman talked about how difficult it is for him to keep mum on the details of pretty much anything, but said he has been instructed by his attorneys not to discuss the ethics charges against him until they are made public next week.

Embattled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. may be running for reelection unopposed, but that doesn't mean he's off the hook for declining to prosecute cases against Harvey Weinstein and President Donald Trump's eldest children and accepting campaign cash from lawyers linked to those would - be defendants in the process.

NEW YORK, NY — President Donald Trump and his embattled personal attorney knew about allegations of abuse against former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman five years before they became public, a new federal court filiattorney knew about allegations of abuse against former state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman five years before they became public, a new federal court filiAttorney General Eric Schneiderman five years before they became public, a new federal court filing says.

President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has defended President John Dramani who has been accused of blocking former Attorney General, Martin Amidu's oral examination of embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

In addition, Peter Gleason, who lost to Vance four years ago, has said he is also mounting a write - in challenge to the embattled district attorney.

Embattled Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove has been charged with official misconduct and perjury.

Alfred Woyome, the embattled businessman who is set to slug it out with former attorney general and one time running mate of late Prof. Mills has descended heavily on the latter over his call on Ghanaians to vote out President John Dramani Mahama.

Embattled taxi fleet owner Evgeny Freidman has agreed to pay more than $ 250,000 in fines to the state and restitution to drivers who Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says Freidman bilked, though he's neither admitting nor denying guilt.

The spokesperson for embattled Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome, Reginald Dogbey has lambasted the office of the Attorney General for what he describes as gross abuse of the constitution and the rights of his boss.

But Paterson, an embattled governor with a depleted staff and a popular attorney general eyeing his job, had other needs.

Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, became the frontrunner when embattled Gov. David Paterson ended his campaign amid an ethics scandal — one week after he had formally launched his campaign.

Embattled state Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. is waging a war of the words against Attorney Gen. Andrew Cuomo.

Excitement about Cuomo's announcement has been building in Democratic circles as the impasse over a new state budget worsens and as the attorney general moves to wrap up several high - profile investigations, including the state pension - fund scandal and a probe of embattled Bronx Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada.

A federal judge in Los Angeles has set a hearing for Friday on a bid by President Donald Trump and his embattled personal attorney Michael Cohen to delay a lawsuit filed by porn star Stormy Daniels, who claims to have had a sexual encounter with Trump about a decade ago.

A pending misconduct complaint is raising the specter that another high - profile prosecution by embattled Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance could be headed for trouble, The Post has learned.

Embattled businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has declared that former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has no right to ask him to explain how he spent the GHc51 million judgment debt paid him by the state.

Embattled taxi fleet owner Evgeny Freidman has agreed to pay more than $ 250,000 in fines to the state and restitution to drivers who Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says Freidman bilked.

Embattled North Hempstead Democratic party chairman Gerard Terry said Monday he will resign his post, as the Nassau District Attorney said she was investigating his public jobs.

(CNN)- The attorney for embattled former IRS official Lois Lerner said Sunday that Republicans are denigrating an innocent woman for purely political purposes.

It's no surprise to see Daniel Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Washington Post's editorial board attack Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II for using subpoenas to seek files left at the University of Virginia years ago by Michael Mann, a leading — and embattled — climate scientist.

The potentially Court - bound constitutional question arises out of last week's appointment of former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris by embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill President - elect Obama's now - vacated Senate seat.

His embattled Justice Department overseer, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, called them «information warfare against the United States» on Friday.