Sentences with phrase «after public scandals»

We round up noteworthy politicians, entrepreneurs and business leaders who survived (and thrived) after public scandals.

Not exact matches

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Suggestions so far include Tesla (Elon Musk was an early investor, not the founder), Zenefits (after the David Sacks clean - up, Jay Fulcher has continued on the road stability), Lending Club (the company's stock isn't doing much, but it managed to survive its governance scandal), and Etsy (despite its current activist investor trouble, the company thrived and went public under replacement Chad Dickerson).

You'd think that after the hue and cry of that scandal, the U.S. automobile industry would have learned from GM's financial, legal, and public relations nightmare wouldn't happen again.

The only hint of a public comment from Rob's family since the scandal came in the form of a nondisclosure agreement sent to ABC News by Kim Kardashian's representatives after the network contacted the family for comment following its «Good Morning America» interview with Chyna.

Monti was widely credited with tightening Italy's public finances and restoring its international credibility after the scandal - plagued Berlusconi, whom he replaced as the 2011 financial crisis threatened to spin out of control.

«I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I'm responsible for what happens on our platform» Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted after days of the public and government officials waiting for him to speak up about the Cambridge Analytica scandal since it broke Friday.

Winterkorn resigned soon after the scandal over polluting vehicles in the United States became public in September 2015.

This lawsuit comes as the ride - hail company is working to revamp its image after a tumultuous year fraught with public scandals.

According to British public filings, Emerdata was incorporated in August 2017 and Rebekah Mercer and her sister were appointed to its board on March 20 of this year, days after news broke of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The ride - hail company has recently seen a parade of executives leave the company — either after being fired or resigning — and has suffered through a series of public scandals, the most recent of which involved an executive obtaining the medical records of a rape victim in India.

• In an article on the anxieties of wealthy New York parents trying to get their small children into elite preschools, a New York Times reporter writes of standing outside one of the sought - after public schools, which happens to be one of four public schools recently the subject of a sex - abuse scandal.

McDonald, who said he has talked privately with Long since the scandal erupted, said Long «went into a shell» after the accusations against him went public.

(CNN)- The Roman Catholic Church is willing to partner with American educational institutions to educate the public about child sex abuse after the Penn State scandal, according to the head of the U.S. church.

Six months after a sex scandal involving New Birth's senior pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, became public, the megachurch no longer packs them in.

Sales of frozen hamburgers from major retailers in the United Kingdom plummeted after the horse meat scandal that has deeply shaken public confidence in processed meat in Europe, a consumer research firm said.

British Cycling, which is due to receive # 43m of public funding for the current Olympic cycle and is trying to recover from a series of scandals, published details of the correspondence on Friday evening after the BBC contacted the organisation for a comment, releasing a statement on its website just 10 minutes after providing a response to the BBC.

Foreign infant formula is a highly coveted item in China after a 2008 scandal when tainted infant formula from a domestic provider left at least six children dead and damaged public trust.

In themselves, they will not provide an antidote to public despair about politics after the expenses scandals.

Frontbenchers of all parties will be hoping the lobbying bill will placate public anger after the latest wave of scandals hit Westminster this spring.

David Cameron's popularity has hit a new low after a series of gaffes and scandals damaged his standing with the public.

Another thing working against both men: There is strong appetite, particularly in the New York delegation, for the next attorney general to be a woman given the abuse scandal that led to Schneiderman's downfall after he made himself a very public champion of women's rights in the era of the #MeToo movement.

Watchdogs say Governor Cuomo must work to restore public trust after scandal involving $ 780 million in rigged economic development contracts.

The American public got to know the extent of Presidents Nixon and Reagan's covert operations both domestic and international only after an independent investigator was appointed — Watergate and Iran - Contra scandals.

Nick Clegg said the recent data loss «scandals» had created a lack of public confidence in the government's ability to look after personal information.

Congressman Vito Fossella's final words before he emerged from lockup two weeks ago, just after his drunk - driving arrest and before the maelstrom of public scandal that would erupt:

Mr Cameron and his ministers insist the process of lifting the «cloak of secrecy» around government is essential to win back voter trust after the expenses scandal and a breakdown of public belief in the political system.

After the string of public corruption scandals that we have brought to light, many may rightly resign themselves to the sad truth that perhaps the most powerful special interest in politics is self - interest.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is asking the public for a second chance as he starts collecting thousands of signatures needed to enter the race for New York City comptroller, years after he was caught in a prostitution scandal that culminated in one of politics» steepest falls from power.

The growing role of independent expenditure groups, which live outside the rules that apply to candidates and their campaigns, is especially sensitive in Connecticut, a state that created a voluntary public financing program to restrict the influence of state contractors and other interests on elections after scandal forced the resignation of Gov. John G. Rowland.

Khan continued: «We can't go on with scandal after scandal, where the public's money is being squandered and the quality of what's delivered isn't up to scratch.

About twelve of them said yes, and the European Research Group was founded under the chairmanship of Michael Spicer, who would go on to chair the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs, before stepping down as an MP in 2010 after being caught in the 2009 expenses scandal paying for maintenance of his helipad with public money.

With MPs being sent to prison, daily theft being reported on the Daily Politics, blatent Nepotism rampant so soon after the expense scandal, it is clear to the public the current nature of our Party and its primary concerns and goals.

First and most obviously is the argument that after the expenses scandal, and new questions being asked about politicians» pay, it's highly doubtful whether the public would approve of their tax revenues going towards political parties, especially in the amounts needed to make an impact.

So after two weeks of public humiliation, she's no worse off in the polls than she was before the scandal broke.

The Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, met privately just days after Governor Andrew Cuomo called for an investigation into a sexual harassment scandal involving Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

Prominent Democrats were on the defensive in both public episodes — one a legislative controversy, the other a trial in Hartford Superior Court — relating to the clean - election program established a decade ago by the Democrat - controlled General Assembly after a corruption scandal sent Republican Gov. John G. Rowland to federal prison.

Every once in a while, usually after a series of public scandals, some good government group or other advances the idea of term limits.

Bob Stewart MP said Liam Fox could follow the example of Peter Mandelson and return to public office after being caught up in a scandal.

In 2011 the then prime minister, David Cameron, announced a public inquiry into press standards after the phone - hacking scandal which brought down the News of the World.

So soon after the latest cash for access scandal involving Jack Straw and Malcolm Rifkind, is it really sensible to take cash from the former politician who «enjoys the best contacts that money can buy — as do those willing to pay him for access to those contacts» and is the subject of a new book designed to expose «the private dealings of this very public figure ``, who's made his fortune selling his soul to the oil - rich potentates he mixes with as special envoy in the Middle East and brutal dictators like those of Burma and Kazakhstan?

Joy News for the past weeks, has been investigating the effectiveness of the OBS at the Trust, following a huge public disaffection after the software scandal broke.

Martins said after the convention that he was not worried about a «wave election,» where candidates untouched by scandal would be unable to counter a public sentiment that the county's entire power structure needs to shift.

Minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from the Bronx, said, «arrest after arrest has shattered the public's faith in good government,» and that the Legislature should act to avoid «another session of empty promises in the wake of yet another scandal,» referencing the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Every once in a while, usually after a series of public scandals, some good government group or other advances the

The report follows an inquiry by the independent committee for standards on public life - which began after the MPs» expenses scandal in May.

Earlier Monday, Spitzer — who resigned from his office in 2008 after being linked to a prostitution scandal — said in a radio interview that he believes the public understands and can forgive.

Meanwhile, the system of public financing for presidential candidates that came into being after the Watergate scandal and that once was universally accepted and respected by those seeking the presidency has been systematically shredded over the course of the last four presidential campaigns.

ALBANY — Three weeks after Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration was engulfed in scandal over his office's handling of the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, only a third of New Yorkers have heard of the now - defunct ethics panel.

(CNN)- Hours after his inauguration as Virginia's 72nd governor — and in the wake of a scandal that engulfed his predecessor — Terry McAuliffe has made ethics reform his first order of business, instituting tighter limits between public officials and lobbyists like he once was.