Sentences with phrase «justice official says»

The government was also working to get state attorneys general to support a lawsuit, but so far none has signed on, the Justice official said on Monday.

There are many ways to resolve concerns about the deal, a Justice official said on Wednesday, adding that no decision had been made and that conversations with AT&T were continuing.

Justice officials say the change is needed to enforce federal laws regarding voter eligibility by determining who is a citizen.

Not exact matches

The Justice Department's civil case filings say more than $ 700 million was transferred from bank accounts used in the money laundering to the bank account of «Malaysian Official 1.»

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.»

«We received the notice and are reviewing it,» the justice ministry official said, declining to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

Elliott served the South Korean justice ministry a notice of intent in mid-April seeking arbitration of the dispute, the official said, a step before filing with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a forum to resolve such cases.

President Donald Trump had planned on firing former FBI Director James Comey with or without a recommendation from top Justice Department officials, he said in an interview with NBC News Thursday.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion, but he may set it aside while he finishes other key parts of his probe, such as possible collusion and the hacking of Democrats, according to current and former U.S. officials.

The Justice Department's planned lawsuit against California will target three state laws, senior Justice Department officials said on Tuesday in a press briefing.

Collectively, the Justice Department officials said, these three laws improperly attempt to regulate federal immigration at the state level.

She said that she and another career Justice Department official met with McGahn and one of his associates in his office on January 26.

The Justice Department on Monday sued to block AT&T's $ 85 billion merger deal with Time Warner, calling it an «illegal» combination that harms consumers and stifles innovation, officials said.

A Justice Department official said Monday that the government made a «good faith» effort to resolve the harm to competition while allowing significant parts of the deal to move forward.

The Justice Department sued on Monday to block AT&T's merger with Time Warner, calling it an «illegal» combination that harms consumers and stifles innovation, DOJ officials said.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to say last week if anyone from the White House had discussed the merger with any Justice Department officials.

Tony West, Uber's recently appointed general counsel and a former Department of Justice official, also jumped into the negotiations, these people said.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Alptekin said Flynn and his firm filed the registration under pressure from Justice Department officials.

When communication has to occur, the memo said, it should involve only the highest - level officials from the White House and the Justice Department.

Rights group Amnesty International has said it had received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt — accusations roundly rejected by Turkish officials and the justice ministry.

A civil complaint filed by Justice Department officials in the United States said that some of the funds landed in the hands of Mr. Najib's friends and associates as well as officials and executives from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.

20.02.18... The Estonian state needs to understand the necessity of a state reform that would cut the number of officials exercising public authority by half, prominent lawyer and former Minister of Justice Jüri Raidla said in a speech at a meeting dedicated to the centennial of the Republic of Estonia on Monday.

In a statement, White House spokesman Raj Shah said: «The president did not speak with the attorney general about this matter, and no White House official was authorized to speak with the Department of Justice on this matter.»

According to prepared statements from the Justice Department, an official at the DOJ said it needs more help catching criminals who use the secretive currency.

Government officials say it's not even yet clear which department will take the lead on the bill — Natural Resources, Finance or Justice.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

That's the question of the day for media executives, government officials and investors, occasioned by a Wall Street Journal story which said the U.S. Department of Justice may sue to block the deal.

But former top Justice Department official Harry Litman said that, while the admission might complicate the NDA somewhat, the biggest takeaway is that it protects Trump.

Former Justice Department official Harry Litman also said it could adversely affect Trump, though not necessarily so.

US officials refused to prosecute HSBC for money laundering in 2012 because of concerns within the Department of Justice that it would cause a «global financial disaster», a report says.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

Republicans say their memo proves bias against Trump by top officials in the FBI and Justice Department.

Dr Billings, who was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.

The Justice Department's official filing of a «notice to appeal» Thursday came as no surprise, after White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said following the ruling that President Obama intends to recognize this year's National Day of Prayer, which is May 6.

Woodson has now filed a report with local police, but officials say that the statute of limitations has now passed, saying, «We are unable to investigate and seek justice to the full extent of what would we normally would in such a case.»

«At the official press conference that unveiled Caritas in Veritate, Cardinal Mgr Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council of Peace and Justice -LSB-...] said that Cold War ideologies «have been replaced by the new ideology of technology,» and that the «arbitrary nature of technology is one of the greatest problems of today's world.»

While leadership conference nuns viewed the evolving role of women to give them more of a social justice focus, Cummings says that «Vatican officials, and many Catholics, too, see those changes as startling and disturbing.

The Justice Department officials say that they would not categorically rule out of consideration jurists who are personally opposed to abortion but acknowledge the legal right to abortion.

• In Alabama, state Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore said that officials are not «required» to issue licenses for 25 days.

There is much to be said, for instance, on behalf of Justice Kennedy's complaint that the decision deprives the people of California of the right to govern themselves by referenda, if the losers of a plebiscite can challenge the outcome and, with the collusion of friendly state officials unwilling to defend the people's will, win in court what they can not win at the ballot box.

«The official has demonstrated why in numerous respects the (woman's) credibility is fatally compromised,» said Mr Justice Mostyn.

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit charging that North Carolina's bathroom law violates federal civil - rights law — a move that came hours after the state's officials filed their own suit saying the department was trying to rewrite national law by attacking them.

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

It's open knowledge that judges especially at Supreme Court are often addressed with the word «Justice» prefixed to their official names, is our learned Madam Sophia Akuffo saying that, this practice is also wrong?

Karol Mason, a top official in the Obama administration's justice department, will become the first black and first woman president of Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, trusteejustice department, will become the first black and first woman president of Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, trusteeJustice, trustees said.

A longtime North Syracuse village justice, Robert J. Bertrand, 65, was found dead Monday after not showing up for court, state court officials said.

The Justice Department's inspector general, facing increasing political pressure from Republicans in Congress and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, said that his office would investigate the surveillance of a former Trump campaign official, Carter Page.

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

Trump's pick to lead the FBI, Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official, declared today that he will not let politics get in the way of the bureau's mission, saying its work will be driven only by «the facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice.Justice Department official, declared today that he will not let politics get in the way of the bureau's mission, saying its work will be driven only by «the facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice.justice.»

Kazeem, who addressed the media alongside senior officials of the Ministry, said Governor Ambode had been at the vanguard of the war against domestic, sexual and violent crimes, and that the centre was geared towards vigorous justice sector reforms.