Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors did»

The papers, which respond to arguments raised by the attorney of the former aide, Joe Percoco, push back against claims federal prosecutors did not provide defense lawyers enough time to respond before the trial begins early next year.

Miller argued that federal prosecutors did not establish probable cause when they applied for search warrants in December 2015 and March 2016 to go through Kaloyeros» personal email account.

The documents released this week by federal prosecutors do not show it did, and I suspect it did not.»

«Federal prosecutors do not shy away from difficult cases, especially those involving conduct of public officials who intertwine their public and private affairs, and we will continue to investigate such conduct and prosecute those case when the evidence warrants.»

Nope... But Federal Prosecutors do have some serious power.

Not exact matches

«We don't know exactly what McGahn said, but the mere fact that he put a stop to that letter is another piece of evidence that Mueller could use to say, «Donald Trump was warned by the White House counsel that this was a problematic step and decided to do it anyway,»» former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Business Insider in September.

But to prove anything like that, federal prosecutors would need to find evidence that airlines coordinated with each other — which probably doesn't exist.

Before approving charges, jurors must believe there's enough evidence to believe a crime was committed, and prosecutors don't usually present indictments unless they believe they can prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt at trial, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti wrote Friday.

In doing so, he required federal prosecutors to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

The FBI agent says De-Meyer denied using a fake name, as he was accused of doing in an indictment unsealed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.

There is a second role which is picking up the types of criminal enforcement that have at least to some extent normally been done by federal prosecutors office.

But longtime federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti wrote Tuesday that it doesn't mean no other constitutional limits exist; merely that they have not yet been tested.

He did not keep his word, federal prosecutors said.

By the end of the evening one thing was clear — Giuliani had concocted such a shifting, nebulous alibi for Trump that it didn't even hold up to a few hours of media scrutiny let alone a future interview with a Federal prosecutor.

She also did not rule out the possibility of using a «privilege team,» also known as a «taint team,» which would review which of the seized materials are considered privileged through attorney - client privilege, and which materials can be turned over to the potential trial prosecutors and federal agents.

USA Gymnastics needs a «complete cultural change» after not doing enough to educate its staff, members and athletes about protecting children from sexual abuse and failing to ensure that safeguards were being followed, according to a critical review by a former federal prosecutor.

«It's not strictly criminal money laundering unless the underlying money is proceeds of another crime, and I don't think we have any indication that that's the case,» said former federal prosecutor Randall Eliason.

But Mr. Canellos, a former federal prosecutor who is now the co-head of the S.E.C.'s enforcement unit, did not budge.

In an op - ed in USA Today last month, she and two other stated reformers — Mark Dupree, a Kansas district attorney, and Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor — asked for something to be done about the current American justice system.

The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.

Former Federal Prosecutor Paul Shechtman was quoted, «Most prosecutors would say if your victim does not want to cooperate you have a nightmarish case.

John Carman of Garden City, Linda Mangano's attorney, declined to comment, as did John Marzulli, a spokesman for Eastern District federal prosecutors.

Cuomo's counsel confirmed that the governor promised he'll issue an executive order for a federal prosecutor this summer, if the legislature does not act on his proposal for an independent monitor to investigate the incidents.

I fully concur with Senator Ball on this one.Leibell and company dishonestly framed this all as reasonable requests for leniency, as if what he had done was not so bad (and as if he had contritely cooperated with authorities), when in fact the former State Senator has been defiant in NOT helping Federal prosecutors — AND some of the letters in Leibell's behalf came from people who are still being actively investigated by Federal prosecutors.

Long Island Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor who was elected in 2016 running on an anti-corruption platform following Skelos» conviction (but was not involved in either the Silver or Skelos cases), released a statement saying the Silver decision demonstrates the need for state lawmakers to stop relying on the feds to bring corruption cases against state - level elected officials, and also pass more anti-corruption measures, which lawmakers declined to do this past session.

Steve Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who served Cuomo as attorney general and during his first year as governor, doesn't expect major news out of the trial for Cuomo, noting that the media and court filings have already aired the case.

Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.

Federal prosecutors also said Skelos didn't practice law for his outside income of up to $ 250,000 a year, but instead used his leadership position to attract clients, including those doing business with the state.

Prosecutors didn't say in the filing there was anything wrong with the sharing arrangement with Percoco, who faces a January trial in Manhattan federal court for taking bribes.

«The U.S. Attorney's statements violated no ethical rule, did not unfairly prejudice the defendant, and were consistent with the stated mission of the [Department of Justice],» Bharara's team wrote in a Manhattan federal court filing responding to Silver's motion to have the case tossed based on the prosecutor's post-arrest statements.

Venditto's attorney Marc Agnifilo of Manhattan declined to comment, as did federal prosecutors Mirabile, Raymond Tierney and Lara Treinis Gatz.

Sampson told investigators that «he didn't have a recollection from it,» according to federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors and FBI agents based in Brooklyn don't feel there is enough clear evidence to show that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo violated Garner's rights when he put him in a chokehold, leading to the Staten Island man's death.

In the meantime, he says his office and federal prosecutors will continue to scrutinize lawmakers whose per diem payments and other travel expenses don't add up.

A former federal prosecutor who didn't enter the race until mid-January, Katko raised most of his money after March 1, when he won the Republican designation at a convention in Syracuse.

«When I first ran for Congress, I left a 20 - year career as a federal prosecutor because I was frustrated with the inaction in Washington and knew that if I wanted to see real change for my children and for future generations that I needed to get off the sidelines and do something about it.

A spokeswoman for the FBI in New York, Kelly Langmesser, declined to comment, as did Nellin McIntosh, a representative for federal prosecutors in the Eastern District.

A spokesman for Crystal Run Healthcare confirmed Tuesday that the company was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, but told The Association Press it received the subpoena a year ago and does not believe it is under active investigation.

Ulrich did not provide details of what he will be announcing, but stressed that the timing of the announcement was not related to Thursday's announcement from state and federal prosecutors who said they would not pursue charges against de Blasio or his aides following a months long investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices.

Some federal prosecutors and judges don't know what it's like to serve in combat — and that may doom Michael Grimm, his political mentor claimed today.

Susan Lerner, with Common Cause, says legislators are finding that if they don't change their policies they are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors.

He said he did not meet with the U.S. attorney during his visit to Albany, though he downplayed the significance by saying governors typically don't have much interaction with federal prosecutors.

The governor said federal laws provide prosecutors with more tools to handle corruption cases than do state laws, and district attorneys often turn their cases over to the feds.

For the monitorship of SAC Capital Advisors, which had reached an insider trading settlement in 2014, Schwartz was chosen by the company itself, and approved by an anonymous panel of federal prosecutors, who often do not disclose the names of those picked, he wrote.

He didn't reveal, according to federal prosecutors, that a real estate developer from whom he was personally profiting, had asked him to block the project.

But Cuomo, whose signature economic development program, the Buffalo Billion, along with his former top aide Joe Percoco, have both fallen under Bharara's scrutiny, said he didn't believe the federal prosecutor was singling him out.

Thomas Libous will return to Albany next month as the second most powerful state senator, and he will do so battling cancer and federal prosecutors.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos tried using his influence to get his son's wife on a Long Island zoning board, while son Adam tried to use his dad's position to bully his way into doing business with a Greek diner group, federal prosecutors say.

Dr. Kaloyeros, referred to as «Dr. K» in the federal complaint, did so, according to prosecutors, to preserve his status as one of the state's highest - paid employees, draw more research financing to SUNY Polytechnic and inflate his reputation as Albany's most successful rainmaker.

If he did run, under the law he would first have to step down from his job as a federal prosecutor.