Sentences with phrase «grand special jury»

Grand Special Jury Prize and Pasinetti Award for Best Actress (Juliette Lewis) at the 1994 Venice Film Festival

Back in 2001, the film won the Grand Special Jury prize at the Venice Film Festival and ever since then people have been debating whether the film actually accomplishes anything significant.

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President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty on Monday after being indicted by a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

WASHINGTON — As news broke Monday morning that a grand jury indicted three people who were involved in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, tension heightened among senators worried that Trump may retaliate and attempt to oust Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

But that's a conservative figure, he said, adding, «If I go to the grand jury» as part of the special counsel's probe, «it'll be far more.»

In Washington, Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, impaneled a grand jury in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The special counsel has issued a grand jury subpoena for an unnamed person's communications regarding Trump and nine others, Axios reports.

The deal, which Republicans have painted as evidence of collusion between Clinton and Russia, made its way back into headlines in October, shortly before it emerged that a federal grand jury approved the first charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

Top Stories Special counsel Robert Mueller in March raised the possibility of subpoenaing President Donald Trump to appear before a grand jury, according to four unnamed sources.

Russia probe ratchets up Special counsel Robert Mueller has empaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C., to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, according to the Wall Street Journal.

President Bill Clinton, meanwhile, testified to a grand jury via video from the White House during special counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation into Clinton's investment in an unsuccessful land deal in Arkansas that expanded to include his extramarital relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Brennan became a family friend who often visited the home, where the 14 - year - old «was the subject of special attention from the priest, who persistently wrestled with the boy, rubbed his back and shoulders, and openly brought up sex talk,» according to the grand jury report.

Kane acted after Superior Court Judge Eugene Kelly, who has been sitting and will continue to sit in Hartford as a special one - man grand jury, heard testimony on widespread corruption in the sport.

That special prosecutor, Roger Adler, told the Daily News he expects to convene a grand jury shortly after Veterans Day as part of his probe into allegations the WFP illegally gave candidates below - cost campaign - related services in 2009.

Sources said the scope of the probe appeared to have expanded and about a month ago the attorney general convened a special grand jury.

The measures include long - sought bills such as raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and enhancing grand jury transparency as well as enshrining a special prosecutor for cases in which civilians die in encounters with police.

She expects to be handcuffed, put in a police car, driven to the courthouse and brought before a judge after being secretly indicted by a grand jury run by a special prosecutor who was secretly selected to investigate campaign finance filings from 2009.

The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify under oath.

An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to Trump is reportedly cooperating with the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and gave testimony last week to a grand jury.

(WBEN)- Sam Nunberg was a relative unknown before last night, but his apparent anger over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's request to have him appear before a grand jury has thrust him in to the spotlight.

As part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a federal grand jury recently indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for waging «information warfare» against the U.S.

He also proposed lifting some of the secrecy that surrounds the grand jury process, and the creation of a special monitor to investigate cases where a citizen dies after an encounter with a police officer, and the officer is not indicted.

The indictment handed up by a special grand jury two days ago was unsealed in court earlier today.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia's interference in the 2016 elections, a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity and entering a new phase.

TROY — The veteran leader of the Troy Police Department's drug unit was indicted by a special Rensselaer County grand jury Thursday on nine misdemeanor charges tied to the alleged forgery of an incident report to cover up the unit's warrantless search of a home.

Scheiderman, a Democrat, signed the indictment of Abelove, a Republican, that a special grand jury handed up in December.

It was the Special Grand Jury's role to assess the credibility of witnesses that did testify and a judge's responsibility to make sure their conclusions were supported by the evidence.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is expected Tuesday to release the findings of a special grand jury investigation into... Read More

The special grand jury's thorough findings were based upon the sworn testimony of 25 witnesses and thousands of pages of evidence which corroborated their testimony.

After the governor's proposals to elevate the threshold of adult criminality to 18 years and to create a special monitor to review cases where a grand jury decides not to indict a police officer for killing a potentially unarmed civilian failed to make headway in the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo rolled out a pair of executive orders.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, has said he would appoint a special monitor in cases in which police officers are not indicted in grand jury cases.

Democrats in the Senate back the use of body cameras for police, as well as the creation of an Office of Special Investigation to oversee grand jury cases involving law enforcement.

«It's more important to have a special prosecutor in place because an independent monitor doesn't have any powers,» Lentol said, adding that the special prosecutor would have the ability to investigate witnesses and obtain grand jury minutes.

It's been nearly 18 months since four young women were killed at the intersection of Depot Lane and Route 48 and, for the first time, thanks to a year of hard work by the jurors, it seems meaningful changes could be coming thanks to the findings of the special grand jury.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — District Attorney Daniel Donovan has released the following statement after a special grand jury declined to indict Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in connection with Eric Garner's death:

Conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins had previously said she supports appointing a special prosecutor, following the decision of a Staten Island grand jury not to indict an officer in the death of Eric Garner.

W.F.P. WOES CONTINUE — Rachel Goodman, City Councilman Brad Lander's chief of staff, has been indicted by a Staten Island grand jury as part of an ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Roger Adler into the 2009 campaign of Councilwoman Deborah Rose of Staten Island.

The limousine driver involved in last summer's fatal crash in Cutchogue has been indicted by a special grand jury on four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is expected Tuesday to release the findings of a special grand jury investigation into the July 2015 limo crash that resulted in the death of four women in Cutchogue, his office has announced.

After a grand jury chose not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner last year, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins called for the placement of body cameras on police officers and introduced legislation that would require the use of a special prosecutor in cases involving police officers who kill unarmed legislation.

A special grand jury has voted to indict several people in connection with the Nassau County district attorney's monthslong investigation into corruption in the Town of Oyster Bay, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

The lack of an agreement comes after Assembly Democrats sought a number of measures designed to change criminal justice procedures, including a special prosecutor to handle certain cases as well as new requirements for grand jury transparency when an indictment is not issued.

This summer, a special grand jury indicted Western New York operative Steve Pigeon for allegedly bribing a federal judge.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins would support voting on criminal justice and grand jury reforms in a special session, she told reporters in Albany on Tuesday.

Criminal justice issues are expected to figure prominently this legislative session as Cuomo has suggested he plans to recommend changing the grand jury process as well as create a special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases.

Cuomo has said he backs more transparency in the grand jury process as well as potentially appointing special prosecutors with deaths that involve police officers.

The poll found that by a 58 percent to 33 percent margin, New Yorkers would back giving Schneiderman the power of special prosecutor to probe other instances of police brutality after a grand jury chose to not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

The veteran leader of the Troy Police Department's drug unit, Sgt. Ron Epstein, was indicted by a special Rensselaer County grand jury on nine misdemeanor charges tied to the alleged forgery of an incident report to cover up the unit's warrantless search of a home.

It is the first time the AG has done this since an executive order in July that requires his office to begin independent reviews of certain categories of civilian killings by police officers and, if the evidence warrants, present the evidence to a special grand jury.

Stephen Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Trump's associates and Russia.