Sentences with phrase «about the corruption case»
He vowed that they would go after the Minister in the office, his official residence and in his country home in Edo State to force him to do the right thing about the corruption case involving Uwakwem.
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What about the corruption case involving the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison - Madueke?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he met with federal authorities about a corruption case against a former top aide.
As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, it came as something of a surprise when Cuomo admitted he met with federal prosecutors to talk about the corruption case involving his longtime aide, Joseph Percoco.
There was a lot of buzz today about a corruption case in Wisconsin from last year.
Not exact matches
In an exclusive interview, Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas talks to RFI about the ongoing court cases against several judges implicated in his undercover sting operation revealing alleged corruption within Ghana's judiciary.
So it wasn't a secret the judges weren't nuts about the statute, and it could not have been a secret to Bharara that if the cases were indeed strong against Skelos and Silver it might make more sense to stick to good old fashioned corruption charges like bribery and mail fraud only.
Jury deliberations in the corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco appeared to have run aground on their fourth day, as three jurors issued notes asking to be excused from the case, with one expressing concern about the storm expected to slam the New York City metro area; and another saying that she has sick children.
Howe admitted he lied to the credit card company about a stay in New York at the time he was cooperating with federal prosecutors in the corruption case.
In this case, the impeachment is not about corruption.
«This case is about corruption and greed at the highest levels,» Tierney said, his remark sounding much like one delivered by his colleague in opening statements March 14 in the same Central Islip courtroom.
«This is a case about corruption and greed at the highest levels of county and town government,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said in the Central Islip courtroom.
All we are hearing about this so - called anti-corruption war is about arrests, bail or no bail, handcuffs and so on and, when the cases collapse, you will turn round to accuse the judges of corruption.
He added: «The Silver case is right at the fault line for some of the difficult questions that have been raised by the courts about what exactly constitutes public corruption.»
The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»
White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas got fed up with a politically connected lawyer's bid to delay the upcoming corruption trial of state Sen. Malcolm Smith over her pregnancy, suggesting in a ruling Wednesday that she lied about needing doctor - ordered bed rest when the case is scheduled to go to trial.
Aiello and Gerardi could testify as soon as Friday in their own defense, but their attorneys said they want to know first see if the judge will allow them to be asked questions about the upcoming «Buffalo Billion» federal corruption case, in which both men are also charged.
According to A Plus, ACP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo - Danquah who was part of the team which investigated corruption allegations he leveled against two deputy chiefs of staff is fabricating issues about the case.
«This case is about corruption — the old - fashioned kind,» Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Boone told the jury at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in lower Manhattan.
Prosecutors in the Sheldon Silver corruption case called two key players, including an official with Glenwood Management, to the stand today to answer questions about the former Assembly speaker's alleged involvement in a real - estate kickback scheme.
Questions have been raised about his involvement in a case that has seen senior Labour figures and potentially Tony Blair - who appointed Lord Goldsmith to the post of top lawyer in the UK and who gave him his peerage - questioned about corruption.
When Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an unrelated corruption case, the buzz around the Capitol was Sampson had a lot to worry about, considering Smith's possible knowledge of bidding rigging for AEG.
He was convicted last year in a $ 5 million corruption case alleging he traded favors to enrich himself and then lied about it.
The Missouri researchers are the only ones who looked at corruption through a state lens, the kind of cases Phillips talks about.
Jurors also heard briefly about the Moreland Commission, an effort to root out corruption started an unceremoniously ended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — but not before some of its work was used by Mr. Bharara to bring the case against Mr. Silver, who Ms. Cohen said sought to hide his behavior from the commission.
«They go about trying their perceived political foes in the media, with the aim of destroying their names when they do not have any evidence that can sustain court trial and it is for this reason that they have been losing corruption cases.
Bharara didn't offer any specifics on what reforms he thought Albany should adopt, and he was even less interested in talking about any future plans he might have in the corruption - cases department.
Speaking further, Jonathan said, «I have an idea about some of the corruption cases you are talking about.
Newsday wrote in an editorial about government reform that, «newly elected reformers such as Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted public corruption cases, are demanding new standards of behavior.»
Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that the case had, like previous corruption trials of Albany leaders and officials, raised «troubling questions,» about the State Capitol.
NEW YORK CITY — Disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe tried to clear the air today about why he's testifying in the New York corruption case.
Before then, this same member and another articulate colleague at a forum on corruption organized in Abuja by the Pyrates Confraternity, separately pronounced doubts about the commitment of the AGF to the anti-corruption efforts of the government on account of serial embarrassing defeats handed the government in key cases prosecuted by his office.
Mr. Smith, a 56 - year - old Democrat, and Mr. Halloran, a Queens Republican, were among about a half dozen people facing charges in the federal corruption case, the people with knowledge of the matter said.
WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a casino in the Catskills and the public corruption case against Capital Region Developer Joseph Nicolla.
His regular talks about corruption and whistle - blowing range beyond the borders of cases he's brought.
In Part 2 of his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» interview on NY1, Mayor de Blasio talks to Errol Louis about the city's data on sexual harassment complaints in city government, his views on safe injection sites, and a corruption case involving former NYPD officials.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond Tierney told jurors on Tuesday the case is about «corruption and greed at the highest levels.»
During the discovery stage of the civil lawsuit, Antonacci is asking for access to email records about Mahoney supporter Steven Aiello, a Cor Development Co. executive who faces federal corruption charges in an unrelated criminal case.
This is of particular importance in public corruption cases, where the rules changed about five years ago, after the Supreme Court imposed the requirement in honest services fraud cases that the government prove a quid pro quo.
Kenneth E. Riddett, who was legislative counsel to the Senate majority for many years, took the stand Tuesday at Bruno's federal trial on corruption charges and spent hours answering questions about the lawmaker's financial disclosure forms that are at the heart of the government's case.
«This case is about corruption — the old - fashioned kind,» Boone told the Manhattan Federal Court jurors in his 30 - minute address.
After a court hearing Friday, Dean Skelos spoke about the case publicly for the first time, calling the charges — a key piece of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany corruption — a «prosecution that should never have been brought» and predicting the jury «will find my son and myself innocent.»
Lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are again pressing a federal judge to toss out an indictment on corruption charges due to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's public comments about the case.
why didn't the zoo senate lead by example and suspend Saraki the criminal until he all cases against him are proven unfounded, LOL the zoo senate have know credibility to talk about corruption related cases
A day after a federal judge set a trial date for the Buffalo Billion corruption case, Republicans took to the floor of the Assembly to raise concerns about the failure to approve transparency and oversight procedures over billions of dollars spent each year on economic development.
Does anybody still need further clarifications that this government has been lying and manipulating the gullible through the media about Dasuki allegation and other corruption cases.
Deft, entertaining and infuriating documentary about one of the most egregious cases of corporate corruption in American history.
The 38 - year - old actor stars in the film about a New York stockbroker who refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
Today I offer this post as a «Summary for Policymakers» regarding my series of seven prior blog posts about a smear effort which took place back in 2007 that is a case study for examining other prior and current industry corruption accusations against skeptic climate scientists.
This is in part due to the globalisation of criminal law brought about by an increase in the number of international terrorism, money laundering and corruption cases.