Sentences with phrase «justice department about»

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.

Not exact matches

AT&T was confident it would win regulatory approval for its $ 85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner before year's end as the Justice Department continues its review, but was still awaiting details about any final requirements for the deal, a senior executive said.

Under Justice Department regulations, Mueller must consult with Rosenstein about how to handle evidence and matters that may fall outside his jurisdiction.

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.

The Department of Justice agrees to cease routinely demanding data companies not tell customers about search warrants.

Inmates spend an average of about 23 hours a day locked up alone in their cells, according to an audit of the U.S. Justice Department.

At a Wells Fargo media and telecom conference on Wednesday morning, AT&T chief financial officer John Stephens said that closing the mega-deal for Time Warner «is now uncertain» even as he declined to elaborate on the company's ongoing discussions with the U.S. Department of Justice about securing regulatory approval for the transaction.

Later in the 1990s, when Jobs supported the Department of Justice's effort to rein in the Microsoft monopoly, Gates repeatedly threw Steve in with the vast set of «losers» who «whined» about what he saw as his company's deserved success.

Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Wednesday night that «there was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer.»

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on the other hand, determines emergency procedures for its hundred - odd facilities on its own without standards set by state or local governments, and evacuated about 6,000 people due to Hurricane Harvey.

Some Republicans complain that Comey has been talking about the memos in his book promotion tour even as the Justice Department withheld them from lawmakers.

However, in 2013, the US Department of Justice successfully convinced 100 Swiss banks to cooperate with it by handing over information about US customers suspected of evading taxes.

The Justice Department, meanwhile, had said it would be «extraordinarily reckless» for the House Intelligence Committee to approve the memo's release without giving the department enough time to review it and advise lawmakers about national - security impDepartment, meanwhile, had said it would be «extraordinarily reckless» for the House Intelligence Committee to approve the memo's release without giving the department enough time to review it and advise lawmakers about national - security impdepartment enough time to review it and advise lawmakers about national - security implications.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block the deal over concerns about the companies» pricing power in the media market.

Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subsequently turned the floor over to the attorney general, who went on to say that he had consulted with senior Justice Department staff prior to his testimony about what he called a «longstanding policy» regarding communications with the president.

Comey said he kept memos on his conversations with Trump — a move he said he did not do with two prior presidents or other top Justice Department officials — because he «was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting.»

In January, the Department of Justice announced that McKesson had settled, for $ 150 million, civil claims that from 2008 to 2013 the company had failed to warn the DEA about the large number of suspicious orders of highly addictive painkillers it had shipped to certain parts of the country.

«You are simply wrong to assert that the FBI and the Justice Department lied about our ability to access the San Bernardino killer's phone,» he wrote in a letter to the editor Wednesday.

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, about 800 counties with histories of racially - discriminatory voting laws — going back to poll taxes and literacy tests — had to get the Justice Department's approval beforehand (a process called pre-clearance) before such laws could take effect.

«Given some of his past statements and his staunch opposition to immigration reform, I am very concerned about what he would do with the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice and want to hear what he has to say,» incoming Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said in a statement.

An Uber spokesman and a Justice Department spokesman declined to comment to media outlets about the case,

Reuters reported last week that some of the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust staff were skeptical about the deal, which would combine the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers.

In his 1994 study on securities lawbreaking for the Justice Department, Schlegel found that while officials were talking tough about locking up insider traders, there was little evidence to suggest that the punishments imposed — either the incarceration rates or the sentences themselves — were more severe.

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.

To quell Justice Department concerns about AB InBev's $ 20.1 billion acquisition of Grupo Modelo, Brito had to sell off the Piedras Negras brewery in Mexico, which produces 60 % of Modelo's U.S. volume, to Constellation Brands, along with all U.S. rights to Corona and Modelo beers, which Constellation will distribute through Crown Imports.

AT&T is reportedly thinking about calling the head of the Justice Department's antitrust division to testify.

If copies of the book start to appear in the Justice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsJustice Department and on law school syllabi, Eisinger could spark important debate about why — at a time when so many people struggle to obtain basic procedural rights in the criminal justice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade itsjustice system — white - collar defendants manage to consistently evade its grasp.

CNBC's Becky Quick speaks with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson about their fight with the Department of Justice blocking the company's merger with Time Warner.

Sean Hannity, the right - wing Fox News personality, has had regular private conversations with President Donald Trump about a classified memo that Republicans say exposes an anti-Trump conspiracy at the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to three sources with knowledge of their conversations who spoke to The Daily Beast.

While few will think the Justice Department tweeted the message about Melania Trump and CNN (TWX) intentionally, the optics are nonetheless pretty bad.

Mr. Comey had served in the Department of Justice for the better part of two decades, and I was confident that Mr. Comey understood and would abide by the department's well - established rules governing any communications with the White House about ongoing invesDepartment of Justice for the better part of two decades, and I was confident that Mr. Comey understood and would abide by the department's well - established rules governing any communications with the White House about ongoing invesdepartment's well - established rules governing any communications with the White House about ongoing investigations.

Matt Miller, a Justice Department spokesman under President Barack Obama, said he realized after Trump fired Comey that «we all need to expand our imagination about what [Trump] might do to stop this investigation.»

At about the same time, Pence learned that the Justice Department had warned the White House last month regarding Flynn's conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

So Trump's tax return could tell how much income they made, offering fresh information about the financial health of his organization, according to Robert Kovacev, a lawyer at Steptoe & Johnson and former Justice Department Tax Division official who represents taxpayers in high - profile tax disputes with the IRS.

In the United States, which opened up its MLS to marketing - only services in 2008 as part of a settlement of an antitrust suit brought on by the Department of Justice, flat - fee brokers today represent about 10 % of the marketplace, and the FSBOs, according to a 2009 National Association of Realtors survey, 11 % (though, it's important to note, the U.S. market has been severely affected by the sub-prime mortgage crisis and had lower commissions in the first place).

There are three important points to make about the complaint that the Justice Department has filed under Section 7 of the Clayton Act to block the AT&T / Time Warner merger: (1) The main theory of the case is relatively straightforward and plausible.

But his decision to do so while facing increasing scrutiny — the deepening FBI probe regarding his administration's contact with Russia and damning new Senate testimony from former acting attorney general Sally Yates about Trump's now - fired national security adviser Michael Flynn — instantly recalls Richard Nixon's infamous «Saturday Night Massacre» in which the 37th president purged the Justice Department during the Watergate investigation.

The Justice Department already cleared the deal, which will create a company with about 26 million cable and satellite subscribers.

Specifically, the judge pointed the Justice Department to another law called CALEA, which is about assisting law enforcement, and suggested the feds couldn't fall back on the older law instead.

Larson said he was contacted a week ago by the Justice Department and local prosecutors about representing the victims, prior to the dispute becoming public.

He expressed concern last year about legislation he feared could lead to the early release of felons, and moved quickly at the Justice Department to ensure privately operated prisons would be available for continued use.

That prompted Lauer to cite the timeline laid out by the Post; that the Justice Department last month raised concerns about Flynn's truthfulness, going as far as to say the general could be blackmailed by Russians.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block U.S. telecommunications company AT&T Inc's $ 85 billion deal to buy media company Time Warner Inc over concerns about how the two companies would consolidate their sectors.

A different account emerged later: It was Mr. Stephenson who had offered to sell off CNN as part of a strategy to win governmental approval, according to two Justice Department officials who declined to speak publicly about the meeting.

The recent meetings in Washington between Goldman and the Justice Department may have just been an opportunity for the firm to help the government gather material about other targets in the 1MDB investigation, of which there are many.

The president also complained about Session's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, a longtime sticking point for Trump, who felt that his top Justice Department official should have done more to protect him.

The two companies disclosed in regulatory filings Thursday that the Department of Justice is seeking more information about the deal.

A request by the Department of Justice for more details about the $ 69 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. by CVS Health Corp. could focus on the impact of the mega-deal on consumers, an analyst said.

«Anheuser - Busch has been in communication with the Department of Justice and California attorney general's office about the transactions.

A request by the Department of Justice for more details about the $ 69 billion acquisition of Aetna Inc. by CVS Health Corp. may focus on the impact of the mega-deal on consumers.