Sentences with phrase «justice department investigation»

WASHINGTON (AP)- The computer expert who alleges a trove of Facebook data was improperly used to help President Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 election says he will cooperate with a Justice Department investigation.

The computer expert who alleges a trove of Facebook data was improperly used to help President Donald Trump's campaign in the 2016 election says he will cooperate with a Justice Department investigation.

It also received loans from Israel's largest bank, Bank Hapoalim, which is the subject of a United States Justice Department investigation into allegations that it helped wealthy Americans evade taxes using undeclared accounts.

Altius Education, which is facing a Justice Department investigation into the now - shuttered Ivy Bridge College that it helped to run at Tiffin University, this week sold its name and most of its assets to Datamark, a well - known enrollment - marketing company.

If a newspaper reports that the mayor of a big city is using his control of federal stimulus funds to reward political supporters, it helps to know whether this information comes from «a source within City Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.»

Two weeks ago, Lieu and DeSaulnier were among the first to write to Attorney General Loretta Lynch requesting a Justice Department investigation.

It has been a storied saga that has prompted both a USA Justice Department investigation and in the UK with the European Commission on Apples price fixing collusion with publishers.

(On Friday, former employees of some of the companies filed an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in San Jose based on the Justice Department investigation.)

Connex announces a merger with Killen, to get its hands on the oil, but the merger inspires a Justice Department investigation, and --

US Attorney Preet Bharara speaks Monday about the Justice Department investigation into treatment of adolescents at Rikers Island jail.

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.

Jeffries called for the Democratic National Committee to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a chance to address the nation at its convention in July, despite an escalating Justice Department investigation into one of the governor's key economic development initiatives and one of his closest aides.

While the number of calls from David to JCOPE is not overwhelming, the timing of several calls made 16 months ago raises questions about the frequency of contact between the governor's office and the state's independent ethics panel, especially at a time when former aides and supporters of Cuomo were in the crosshairs of a U.S. Justice Department investigation.

The Russian focus on the New York State governor's race is rooted in the Kremlin's desire to install GOP candidate and Kremlin asset Marc Molinaro in the governor's seat, so that Molinaro can pardon any members of the Trump organization who are indicted by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, which would effectively take away Robert Mueller's backstop in the Justice Department investigation of the Trump Administration.

Those four U.S. carriers are part of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into price collusion.

The sudden surge in personal attacks against Rosenstein and Mueller seems like it's coming in response to a Justice Department investigation into Cohen for payments he made to women who say they had affairs with Trump.

The Justice Department investigation is still in its early days, and it could take years to determine if any federal laws were broken.

There is a recent case that provides a roadmap for what could happen to President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen after the FBI conducted raids on his office, home, and hotel as part of a Justice Department investigation.

Due to comments he made during the «highly contentious» presidential campaign, Sessions vowed to recuse himself from any possible Justice Department investigations into Hillary Clinton if he's confirmed.

Not exact matches

Alsup referred the case to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation of possible trade secret theft on Thursday, when the ruling was released under seal.

A former Department of Justice spokesman, Matthew Miller, said a raid coming months into an investigation in which the subject's attorneys had been speaking with, and presumably cooperating with, the DOJ «suggests something serious.»

Moore, the congresswoman from the district, tweeted that the Justice Department, with weeks to go until Trump's inauguration, told her they're considering an investigation into the deaths at the jail.

I've never seen the Justice Department do this, other than with Hoffa,» he said, likening Holder to Robert F. Kennedy and suggesting that like the investigations of the infamous Teamsters boss, the bank may not be getting its due process.

Similar concerns have been raised about how Sally Yates» and James Comey's dismissals will affect the credibility of the FBI's Russia investigation, which is overseen by the Department of Justice.

In addition to asking McGahn to contact the Justice Department about convincing Comey to exonerate him, Trump also personally appealed to Comey to do the same, and to let go of the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, on multiple occasions in early 2017.

After — after firing the person running the investigation into him at the Department of Justice.

The company also reported that in addition to ongoing investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and others, Valeant's business is also being investigated by the State of North Carolina Department of Justice.

Pascrell noted that Deutsche is still under investigation by the Department of Justice over the Russian trades.

«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.

That court issues warrants that allow Justice Department officials to wiretap individuals, a process that has been thrown into the spotlight amid the Russia investigation.

But citing people with knowledge of the probe, Bloomberg reports that Wells Fargo (wfc) is being accused of seizing cars without first receiving the proper documents, resulting in an investigation by the Department of Justice and bank regulators

Most of the civil forfeiture cases have been put on hold while the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation.

Monday's settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Air Resources Board resolves an investigation of the South Korean carmakers» 2012 overstatement of fuel economy ratings.

We are fully cooperating with all aspects of the Department of Justice's continuing investigation.

Democrats compared the ouster to Nixon's decision to fire the independent special prosecutor overseeing the Watergate investigation in 1973, which prompted the resignations of the Justice Department's top two officials.

The breach has prompted investigations by multiple federal and state agencies, including a criminal probe by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The move came shortly after Trump, in a television interview, blasted the Justice Department, which oversees the special counsel's investigation.

The Obama administration Justice Department, for instance, has opened 23 investigations of law enforcement agencies, including police departments in Baltimore, Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, for unconstitutional practices and has reached court - enforceable consent decrees with many of them.

The White House initially cited a Justice Department memo criticizing Comey's handling of last year's investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails as the impetus for Trump's decision.

Warren also called for a criminal investigation of Stumpf, claiming that both the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission should look into whether the CEO knowingly misled investors by not disclosing the opening of the fake accounts in financial statements.

The Chinese telecoms equipment and phone manufacturer Huawei is under investigation by the Justice Department for violation of Iran sanctions.

CNBC's David Faber reports headlines from Dow Jones on the Department of Justice's antitrust investigation into the merger between AT&T and Time Warner.

The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a separate criminal investigation into what transpired, according to court filings.

As part of Verizon's settlement it is also paying about $ 355,000 to the U.S. Treasury and withdrawing a challenge to the FCC - New York City agreement while the Justice Department will end a False Claims Act investigation.

«A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice.

In it, Trump announced what he apparently wanted Comey himself to say: «While I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.»

The Department of Justice has started a criminal investigation into Uber's software called Greyball, a technology that helped drivers evade local regulators, a person familiar with the investigation told The New York Times.

CNBC's Sue Herera reports on the Department of Justice widening the Wells Fargo investigation to include its wealth management business which the FBI has started conducting interviews with its workers.

The search for Yoo's replacement may have already begun now that the U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Uber's software practices and Google's parent company Alphabet has filed a lawsuit over allegedly stolen self - driving car technology.

In the course of the investigation that led to the arrest of Rimasauskas, another source explained the Justice Department also learned of another prominent tech company that had been victimized — Google.