Sentences with phrase «justice officials told»

Justice officials told the Post they could not say whether Preet Bharara, the fiercely independent U.S. attorney in Manhattan, would be forced to resign.

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The odds «clearly favor» AT&T if the wireless giant and the Department of Justice were to head to court over AT&T's merger with Time Warner, former FCC official Blair Levin told CNBC on Wednesday.

A Justice Department official told reporters on Monday that the merger would raise prices for consumers and potentially block creators of media content from distributing their product without paying more money.

Commenting on this morning's tweets, an Obama spokesman told the New York Times that «no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice.»

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.

Citing reports that a Justice Department official's wife reportedly worked for a firm that paid for opposition research on Trump, Jay Sekulow told CNBC in a Tuesday interview that «I think these revelations require a special counsel to investigate.»

Later, a Justice Department official told Fox News: «It is unusual for anyone to wear two hats as he has done recently.

Former top Justice Department official Harry Litman told me last week that there was «nothing preventing» such a development and that it was «a likely prospect to consider.»

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.

U.S. Department of Justice officials have asked Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase to provide details of their dealings with 1MDB, banking sources have told Reuters.

The Post's Brian Fung and Sari Horwitz: «Justice Department officials told AT&T that its $ 85 billion bid to acquire Time Warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes, a move that is driving the two sides toward a high - stakes legal battle over one of the biggest media deals in history.

Sources close to the inquiry told Politics.co.uk it was greeted warmly by officials under the tenure of Ken Clarke, but that relations became «chilly» once Grayling was shuffled into the roles of lord chancellor and justice secretary.

A Justice Department official told The Washington Post the committee hearing will likely be closed to the public.

ALBANY — Three months ago, Akeem Browder said it was an «honor» to have the story of his brother Kalief told at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State address and to have officials vow to change the criminal justice system.

Last month, Department of Justice officials met with the Garner family to tell them the federal probe of the incident is ongoing.

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Peter King told CNN Wednesday that he did not call the head of the Justice Department to testify because he knew that Holder would dispute what King says he hears privately from law enforcement officials - that Muslim - Americans aren't sufficiently cooperating in anti-radicalization efforts.

October 17, 2014 — «A former California judge who had been the head of California Common Cause, Lisa Foster, has been named the director of the Justice Department's «Access to Justice»» Initiative, officials familiar with the appointment told BuzzFeed News.

This question was addressed to Justice officials yesterday, and I'll tell you in a second where they stand.