Sentences with phrase «former federal prosecutors told»

Former federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, told Business Insider on Wednesday that Sanders» comments were not as straightforward as they seemed.

«There are lawyers across the country representing various interests who are recording that interview,» former federal prosecutor Matt Orwig tells Reuters.

Observers told Business Insider that Wood would be more likely to select one of the government's nominees, who are retired judges from the Southern District of New York; Cohen's team submitted names of former federal prosecutors.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo, was so confident he would be working for his close friend after the 2014 election that he told his mortgage company he was «guaranteed» a job in the administration, federal prosecutors say in a new filing.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more than $ 300,000 in bribes, but defense attorneys belittled the claim, saying the bulk of the money was his wife's salary at a legitimate job.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The New York Post.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors told appellate judges they should get another shot at showing that former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson embezzled about $ 400,000 from foreclosure sales — but the defense said no charges against the disgraced ex-pol should stand.

Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor and former federal prosecutor, said it's hard to tell just what impact the old deletion policy might have on Bharara's investigation.

Brooklyn federal Judge Frederic Block yesterday told prosecutors that they needed to inform him within two weeks if they were planning to retry the former senator and his son on the deadlocked counts, but the decision to move forward has already been made, the source said.

Joseph Ahearn, the former assistant district attorney in charge of the probe, told federal prosecutors in a March 30 letter that «employees of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections had alleged that Mr. Wade had improperly pressured and - or coerced them to financially donate to various campaigns and - or the county Democratic party at the risk of losing their jobs.»

On Wednesday, Bharara told the Moreland Commission's 24 members that its chairmen, Onondaga County District Attorney William J. Fitzpatrick and former state and federal prosecutor Milton L. Williams Jr., had agreed to turn over the group's files.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The Post.

Behre, the former federal prosecutor who is now a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in Washington, told The Deal that even if Lay's assests pass to his wife or family, «they're still attachable and still forfeitable to the government.»

Bloomberg Law is reporting that a little - noticed lawsuit filed in New York federal court accuses a former federal prosecutor of unethically preventing a whistleblower from telling the FTC that he hacked an embattled company's files using «FBI surveillance software» that the prosecutor gave him.