Sentences with phrase «general recused»

The Attorney General recused himself personally from the investigation into Conlin, who was a close political ally.

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The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

This particular case also has the rare chance to end in a tie; Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the case because she worked on it from 2009 to 2010, when she was the US» solicitor general.

Rosenstein's boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from overseeing the inquiry.

And with Attorney General Jeff Sessions having recused himself from all Russia - related matters, that responsibility would fall on Rosenstein, who said he is «confident» Mueller «has full independence» to conduct the investigation.

On Wednesday, Trump told The New York Times that he wouldn't have hired Attorney General Jeff Sessions if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the investigation into Russia's election interference and whether his campaign team collaborated at all.

Because Sessions had recused himself from Russia - related matters, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller after Trump fired Comey on May 9.

He has repeatedly called Sessions — who recused himself in March from all matters relating to the 2016 campaigns and the Russia investigation after it emerged that he had not disclosed his conversations with Kislyak — a «weak» attorney general, and urged the DOJ and Republicans to investigate Clinton and the Democrats for their alleged «collusion» with the Russians.

Trump's attacks against Sessions intensified last summer, when the president said he would not have tapped the «beleaguered» former Alabama senator for attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself.

In addition to those events, investigators will also likely ask Trump about his heightened anger toward attorney general Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia probe last year.

The New York Times reports that this week Comey met with the Deputy Attorney General — Rod Rosenstein, who is standing in for the recused Sessions on the Russia matter, and who wrote the memo justifying the Comey firing — to request a significant increase in personnel and resources for the Russia investigation.

And since Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the investigation, Rosenstein is acting in that capacity.

(Sessions is recused from oversight over the probe, but a new attorney general wouldn't necessarily be — and could rein it in.)

Trump then said he would have chosen a different attorney general if he'd known Jeff Sessions was going to recuse himself from the Russia investigation and said that «many people» have said he should fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

Sessions» decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe left Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in charge, and angered the president, who has said if he knew in advance Sessions would do that, he would have picked someone else.

The president once again railed against Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, for recusing himself in the Russia inquiry, and blasted the F.B.I. for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton, «where there are crimes.»

Rosenstein has overseen the Trump - Russia investigation since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March; he appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.

Rosenstein is, in fact, the man who is overseeing the Mueller investigation after his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from any investigation into Russian meddling because of his role in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Attorney General Jeff Session's decision to recuse himself from a federal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election already has caused a deep rift in his relationship with Trump.

The attorney general himself has also been the focus of blistering public attacks by the president for his decision to recuse from the Russia inquiry.

Last Friday, three weeks after he dropped rape charges against the three players accused of assaulting an exotic dancer last March — and eight months after he was reelected — Nifong recused himself from the crumbling case and handed it over to the North Carolina attorney general.

In a remarkable public break with one of his earliest political supporters, Trump said that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation that has dogged his presidency, calling the decision «very unfair to the president.»

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will recuse himself from any investigations into possible Russian involvement in the 2016 elections.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he would remove himself from involvement in any probe related to the Trump campaign after lawmakers called for him to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

A few months ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the FBI's Russia investigation, so Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein became the Acting Attorney General for purposes of the...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. last year — encounters he did not disclose during his confirmation hearings — fueling calls for him to either resign or recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump directed his White House counsel to tell Attorney General Jeff Sessions to not recuse himself from the Justice Department's investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer demanded that Attorney General Jeff Sessions «recuse himself» to ensure an independent investigation into Flynn's Russia connections.

Trump implied Saturday that the Trump University lawsuit filed against him by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman may have been a conspiracy involving President Barack Obama, and also suggested he might ask that the judge in the case — who is Hispanic — recuse himself.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just spent nearly an hour on a conference call with reporters attempting to explain why he's recusing himself from two investigations of Governor David Paterson, and how it's all about insuring the public's trust in the integrity of the cases.

The Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has recused himself from relevant matters, so things now fall to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is the Acting Attorney General with regards the Russian investigation1.

However, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has previously recused himself from any involvement in the Russia investigation, so the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will be able to dismiss the special counsel.

Following probes initiated by the state Inspector General's Office and the feds, Paterson recused himself from the process, and state officials canceled the AEG deal and called for renewed bidding.

The case was prosecuted by the Bronx district attorney's office after Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance recused himself because of close ties to Spitzer, who also served as state attorney general from 1999 to 2006 and was dubbed the sheriff of Wall Street.

Actually, make that eight, since Justice Thurgood Marshall (Danny Glover, «Mandela») recused himself because he was the Solicitor General when the case was first appealed to federal court.

The Supreme Court issued a long - awaited decision yesterday in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a seven - to - one ruling (Justice Elena Kagan recused herself because she had worked on the case as U.S. Solicitor General) that sends the affirmative action case back to a lower court for further review.

UTLA also stated that Rodriguez should recuse himself because the deliberations involve the power of the Office of Inspector General to investigate charter schools, and PUC is under investigation.

Defendants are special counsel Robert Mueller, the U.S. Justice Department and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself.

For instance, when Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan was appointed in 2010, she had to recuse herself from several cases because she had worked on them in her position as Solicitor General of the United States, which she held immediately before being nominated to the Supreme Court.

The Campaign for Tobacco - Free Kids and other public health groups recently urged the Justice Department to recuse any lawyers who represented tobacco companies from any tobacco - related litigation while serving in the government, specifically mentioning Mr. Readler and Noel Francisco, the nominee for Solicitor General, who long represented R.J. Reynolds in tobacco litigation while at Jones Day.

In court she mouthed to the lawyer what argument to make and after her foolish unreasonable decision, I applied for her to rescind the decision and recuse herself from my case, she ordered the clerk to unfile my application and hurriedly signed a bogus order for the Attorney General lawyer