Sentences with phrase «about the corruption charges»

Sir, I am not here to talk about your corruption charges, neither am I here to talk about how you failed your President and made him look like he performed very low in the eyes of Nigerians, until he left office.

Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke to the assembled Albany press corp for the first time in six months and revealed that he spoke with federal prosecutors about the corruption charges facing his former aide and campaign manager Joe Percoco.

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Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric appeared as a key witness at a corruption trial on Tuesday, testifying about his financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director charged with tax evasion and embezzlement.

An upstate - downstate divide is just one of several rifts within the conference that have emerged since Speaker Sheldon Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges last week touched off a furious round of discussions — both public and private — about whether the Manhattan Democrat is too damaged to continue in his leadership role.

Russo said the «very serious» charges brought against the majority leader by AG Andrew Cuomo «compromise Senator Espada's ability to serve in the State Senate, and once again show Democrats aren't serious about cleaning up the corruption in Albany.»

Morano happened to catch up with Bruno, who is awaiting his second trial on federal corruption charges, the same day news broke about Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual harassment scandal.

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.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno arrived at the federal courthouse about 2:40 p.m. this afternoon for his sentencing on federal corruption charges.

About a month later, Skelos and his son are slapped with federal corruption charges.

«And now, further, the news about the five - count federal indictment on federal corruption charges against Silver will be an enormous distraction and prevent him from credibly leading the Assembly, especially as the budget process kicks into overdrive in this high stakes year for New York's economy and our citizens.»

In Queens, state Sen. Malcolm Smith, about to face retrial on corruption charges for allegedly trying to rig the New York City mayor's race, was soundly defeated by former City Councilman Leroy Comrie.

Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.

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.»

During a subsequent break in the Manhattan federal court proceedings, both Wilford and Seabrook — who is charged with a corruption scheme involving council «slush» funds — appeared to tease Ricco about Johnson's playful performance.

While the arrangement, which officials have not detailed to The Alt despite repeated inquiries, may not be unusual or inexplicable, it could revive lingering concerns about the two entities» transparency, more than a year after SUNY Poly's president resigned amid corruption charges.

Libertarian McDermott says he's heard too many charges and counter charges about corruption, in numerous TV ads run by the Democrats and the Republicans.

If the governor and state legislative leaders are really serious about curbing corruption, then they should prioritize meaningful reform next year — especially as two of the governor's former aides are scheduled go to trial on charges related to bribery and bid - rigging some of the state's keystone economic development projects

We spoke with Council Member Fernando Cabrera about the mayor's race, his endorsement and the impact of recent corruption charges against Bronx politicians.

about U. S. Attorney to Announce Federal Corruption Charges Against New York State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson from the Bronx, Four Others

Still, Mr. Brafman added, «in today's climate, defendants facing political corruption charges must be concerned about potential juror bias that may be based more on perception than fact.»

(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.

In this portion of the conversation, they talk about the prevalence of downstate lawmakers who have been charged with corruption, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's work as governor and his potential presidential aspriations.

Mangano, who is fighting federal corruption charges, was questioned about his hiring of Herberth Flores in 2010.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, who many years ago had longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon on his staff while serving as a New York State Senator, was asked about Pigeon's arraignment on corruption charges during a Friday appearance.

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.

Thomas was arraigned on felony corruption charges on March 12 that included grand larceny and filing a false instrument after being accused of stealing more than $ 10,000 from his campaign committee and lying about it on finance filing forms.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, making his first public comments since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's bombshell yesterday charging nine men with ties to the governor with corruption in connection to upstate economic development projects, insisted he had «no idea» about anything untoward taking place in his administration.

ALBANY — With its high - profile president mired in corruption charges, education, business and legislative leaders are raising questions about what might come next for SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Former State Senate leader Dean Skelos got a split result Thursday in his bid to subpoena damaging information about two key witnesses against him in his upcoming retrial on corruption charges in Manhattan federal court.

It's also worth noting that legendary levels of dubious activity cross partisan lines there: After the Republican Party lost the majority in the state Senate in 2008, Democrats spent the first few months of their abbreviated stint in power basking in new information about how Republicans spent the legislature's money on items like a special van for the man who was then their majority leader, Joe Bruno, who went on to be sentenced to two years in prison on federal corruption charges.

Kearns claims in a television ad that he wasn't shy about calling out Sheldon Silver, who served as State Assembly speaker for two decades before his conviction on federal corruption charges in 2015.

Heastie has been speaker for about six months, winning the leadership post after longtime Speaker Sheldon Silver was forced to resign after being charged by the federal government with corruption.

What with both Assembly and state Senate leaders currently in the federal dock on corruption charges, the media, naturally, had to ask about corruption in Albany.

Whatever Howe might say about the alleged crimes, his testimony could also shed light on Cuomo's Upstate development strategy, which spawned a federal probe and corruption charges.

Joe Bruno was about half an hour into a rambling speech at his sentencing hearing when he blurted out that all of the private business deals that got him convicted of federal corruption charges were negotiated by «the lawyers.»

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.

Although Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano offered to brief both candidates for his job about his proposed 2018 budget, Republican Jack Martins last week said he had no need to meet with Mangano, who is not running for re-election as he fights federal corruption charges.

He was arrested late last week on charges of corruption, including taking about $ 4 million in kickbacks.

Ganim was mayor of Bridgeport for about 12 years before he was convicted on federal corruption charges, including racketeering and extortion.

Kramer: «Mr. Mayor, what are your thoughts about two grand juries that are hearing corruption charges involving you?»

She then drew a distinction between Cuomo and de Blasio, noting that aides to the governor have been either convicted on corruption charges or about to stand trial.

Former Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was convicted of federal corruption charges in November, had expressed similar concerns about putting VLTs at Belmont.

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.

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.

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.»

Federal prosecutors revealed the new details about the Columbia University doctor's state of mind in advance of Silver's Manhattan federal trial on corruption charges, which is slated to begin Nov. 2.

ALBANY — There's a little known anecdote about Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that reveals a lot about why the state's second-most powerful Democrat is facing five federal corruption charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

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.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on federal corruption charges in early May - about a month after the legislature passed the budget.

Elizabeth Crothers, who accused Silver's legislative counsel in 2001 of raping her, and Chloe Rivera, who claimed Silver didn't take sexual harassment claims seriously enough, spoke to the News Tuesday about Silver's conviction on seven federal corruption charges.