Sentences with phrase «after scandal forced»

Three years after scandal forced the Assembly to overhaul its sexual harassment policy, victims of the old system say their careers are still suffering and wonder whether the new one will protect other women like them.

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.

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.

He was thrust into the job in October of 2016 after his predecessor was forced out for his handling of a messy sales scandal at the bank.

Facing questions over the Windrush scandal, Rudd, 54, told lawmakers on Wednesday that Britain did not have targets for the removal of immigrants, but was forced to clarify her words after leaked documents showed some targets did exist.

Contreras - Sweet, who served as head of the Small Business Administration under President Barack Obama, first made an offer for the studio in November, after a sex - harassment scandal forced co-founder Harvey Weinstein from the company.

James Murdoch, the son of billionaire media mogul Rupert, is to return as the chairman of the U.K.'s biggest pay - TV company Sky Plc (skyay), four years after a phone - hacking scandal forced him out, regaining his grip on a group that now spans five European countries and is growing strongly.

Greenberg is forced out after a 2005 accounting scandal, and the company, distracted by a full regulatory assault by then — New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, allows its risk management to fail all but completely.

To caricature evangelicals, it highlights the rise and fall of Ted Haggard, who was forced to resign as pastor of New Life Church in Colorado after he confessed to a sex scandal.

Robert E. Kelly, professor or political science at Pusan National University in South Korea, was interviewed live on the BBC World News this morning to talk about the president of South Korea having been forced out of office last night after a months - long corruption scandal.

Of course, the twin scandals of David Johnson's domestic violence case and the Yankees World Series tickets ended up forcing Paterson to give up on his campaign less than a week after he launched it.

Pressure on the Murdochs over the phone - hacking scandal is unlikely to abate after forcing the resignation of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and the closure of the News of the World tabloid earlier this year.

This is the first major overhauling of staff Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, has undertaken since he took over the majority leader post from Dean Skelos back in May 2015 after Skelos was forced out of office due to a federal corruption scandal.

Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is entering the New York City comptroller's race, re-entering the political fray after more than five years on the sidelines following the prostitution scandal that forced him to resign his statewide post.

The potentially damaging admission came two days after Mr Murdoch's son, James, quit as chairman of Sky News's parent BSkyB, in an attempt to limit the spread of the phone - hacking scandal that has already forced the closure of one of Rupert Murdoch's main British newspapers, News Of The World.

«But this from Caroline Nokes comes just after Amber Rudd lost her job for giving inaccurate information in what she knew [about the Windrush scandal], and after the permanent secretary was forced to defend one of his senior officials over accusations of lying to parliament alongside Amber Rudd.»

The fact he actually took a job at News International after leaving the force was indicative of the entire scandal.

She confirmed media reports that he had sent her a consoling message after she was forced to resign from her job as chief executive of News International at the height of the phone - hacking scandal last year.

Lopez was forced from the legislature after the scandal, and Silver lost his seat when he was accused in an unrelated federal corruption case, which is being retried this year.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

Spitzer has been lambasted at various times for failing to vet Paterson and saddling the state with a weak successor who unexpectedly rose to power after the former governor's prostitution scandal forced him from office.

The former chief whip is continuing his bid to drive back the scandal which forced him from office this autumn, after questions emerged about the validity of police claims about his brush with officers manning the Downing Street gate.

But on Tuesday, Huma Abedin was front and center as Weiner confessed to having further explicit exchanges, even after the first scandal forced his resignation from Congress.

Still, as Albany turns to policy in the remaining few session days left, what can actually get done after both legislative leaders were forced to step down following arrests in separate corruption scandals remains a question hanging over lawmakers as well as Cuomo.

«I'm hopeful there will be forgiveness, I am asking for it,» Mr. Spitzer told the Times in a telephone interview, echoing another unexpected candidate, Anthony Weiner, who has upended the mayors race with his unlikely jump into the fray two years after he was forced to resign from Congress after a sexting scandal.

He noted Anthony Weiner's unlikely entry into the mayor's race in May 2013 after he was forced to resign from Congress after a sexting scandal — and his loss in the race after another scandal.

Amber Rudd was forced to resign as Home Secretary last week after the scandal saw her embroiled in confusion around deportation targets for illegal immigrants.

Eliot Spitzer became governor after a high - profile stint as attorney general before he was forced to resign because of a prostitution scandal.

The new Speaker was elected in June after Michael Martin was forced from office over his handling of the expenses scandal.

Low - January 11th: Robinson scandal - DUP leader Peter Robinson was forced to temporarily stand down from his role as first minister after the scandal about his wife Iris Robinson's financial and sexual activities with a 19 - year - old broke.

The proxy donor scandal eventually forced Peter Hain from the Cabinet in February after it emerged he had failed to report # 103,000 in donations.

DeFrancisco was speculated to be considering retirement from the Senate, but then threw his hat into the ring to compete for the majority leader post after former Sen. Dean Skelos was forced to vacate it in the wake of a corruption scandal.

Ever since former governor Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign in disgrace after a prostitution scandal, we've been wondering about the girl with the magical vagina who brought him down.

He ended up playing a key role in the administration's management of the Troopergate scandal, and then held the same position in Gov. David Paterson's cabinet when the former LG was elevated to replace Spitzer after he was forced to resign following a prostitution scandal.

The ongoing corruption scandal has been a factor» Heastie and Flanagan are new in their leadership posts after the former speaker and Senate leader were arraigned on multiple corruption charges earlier this year, and forced to resign their posts.

The poll also found that a majority of New York City voters — 53 percent — believe Weiner deserves «a second chance» after the sexting scandal that forced him to resign from the House of Representatives in 2011, though 40 percent do not believe he has «the character to be mayor» and 8 percent are unsure.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African - American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

Silver was forced to automatically vacate the seat in December after being convicted in a pay - to - play corruption scandal.

That scandal lasted long after Spitzer himself was forced to resign in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

A spokesman for Paterson, who became governor of New York last spring after then - Gov Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign amid a sex scandal, suggested the skit was offensive to all people with physical disabilities.

The horndog Democrat — who, after being forced to resign his House seat in a sexting scandal, derailed a 2013 comeback campaign for mayor by sending lewd texts under the pseudonym «Carlos Danger» — could be charged with production of kiddie porn for allegedly soliciting explicit photos of the teen, sources said.

Ossorio noted Albany's «long and storied history» of sexual harassment scandals among state legislators, including the late Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who was forced to resign in 2013 after an ethics panel report found he'd harassed several women who worked on his staff.

A 63 - year - old was arrested at an address in Surrey as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released on police bail after being quizzed for nine hours over allegations of corruption and the phone - hacking scandal that forced the closure of the 168 - year - old newspaper.

And Wednesday, even Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who was forced to resign after a sexting scandal, was reportedly considering running for mayor.

After O'Byrne, the gay former Jesuit priest, was forced out of his public role in a tax scandal in October 2008, he began advising Gill behind the scenes.

But after scandals about forced vasectomies in India and China's draconian one - child policy, such views fell into disrepute.

Working from a script he co-wrote with Jeff Pope («Pierrepoint,» «Mrs. Biggs «-RRB-, Steve Coogan stars as Martin Sixsmith, a real - life journalist - turned - spin doctor who was forced to resign after taking the fall for a government scandal.

However, things take a dangerous turn when they release their own series of articles just weeks after The New York Times is forced to cease its own coverage of the scandal.