Sentences with phrase «after the scandal became»

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They began to assert themselves some 25 years ago and became dramatically more aggressive after the Enron - WorldCom scandals and again after the financial crisis.

The United scandal has created a similar uproar in China, even after it became clear Dao was Vietnamese.

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

The decision was made less than two months after Cambridge Analytica and Facebook became embroiled in a data - harvesting scandal that compromised the personal information of up to 87 million people.

Recently, MAS has announced its intention to establish industry guidelines on the responsible use of AI and data analytics — an issue that has become increasingly pressing after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Mr Vaz, 59, who has two children with Ms Fernandes, quit as chairman of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Committee after becoming embroiled in the scandal.

Oxfam does deny that it tried to cover up the scandal, saying that an internal investigation was launched immediately after they became aware of things.

USA Today said the remark echoed Fox News» Brit Hume comment that golfer Tiger Woods, a Buddhist, should try Christianity after he became embroiled in a sex scandal last year.

Having grown up catholic (catholic schools and all) and later getting disenfranchised from the church due to the hypocrisy and scandals, and then becoming a «devout» atheist after rejecting all the mythology and dangers of organized religions, I have to admit that the current pope at least is trying to be reasonable.

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

The 60 - year - old backbencher suffered a heart attack last year after becoming embroiled in the expenses scandal, having unsuccessfully put in a # 50 claim for «dog - minding».

After the release of a list with the names of hundreds of politicians who have received campaign donations made by the construction company Odebrecht, a corporation largely implicated in the corruption scandal of Petrobras, it became even more evident that the main political actors have much to explain.

What began as a scandal about newspaper ethics now threatens to become a serious embarrassment for David Cameron, after the latest carefully researched allegations by The New York Times, which suggest that Coulson was much better informed than he made out.

Disgraced Assemblymember Vito Lopez lost his position as Housing Committee chair after a sexual - harassment scandal last year — but despite opposition from tenant groups, the omnibus property - tax - break bill he tried to push through at the end of the 2012 session became law at the end of January.

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.

Weiner usually marches in the parade, but this year it came days after he became entangled in a Twitter scandal involving a below - the - belt photo.

Spitzer, who earned the nickname «sheriff of Wall Street,» became governor in 2006 but resigned after 14 months amid a prostitution scandal.

The proposed nanotechnology center in Marcy is losing its main investor after the project has become entangled in the state corruption scandal involving the governor's upstate development programs.

Paterson, who became governor after Spitzer resigned amid his own scandal in 2008, told The Post, «Records now show that the last four Senate majority leaders, not counting Skelos, have been indicted, that two of the last four Assembly speakers were indicted, and one of the last three governors had to resign.

A lifelong governmental and political figure, Paterson was the first African - American governor of New York, rising to the post from lieutenant governor after Eliot Spitzer became embroiled in a scandal and resigned in 2008.

The overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, became the butt of Internet jokes in March after he was embroiled in an alleged sex scandal with a Canada - based lady, Stephanie Otobo.

Paterson became governor in 2008, after a sex scandal prompted then - Gov.

Andrew Cuomo, the state's attorney general, became the frontrunner when embattled Gov. David Paterson ended his campaign amid an ethics scandal — one week after he had formally launched his campaign.

Lord Taylor of Warwick has become the first peer to be jailed over the parliamentary expenses scandal after a judge sentenced him to 12 months in prison on Tuesday for claiming more than # 11,000 in false travel and overnight subsistence allowances.

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

Her husband, fellow Tory MP Andrew Mackay, will also stand down at the election, after becoming one of the first victims of the expenses scandal.

«He thinks that after he's on air a few months, he'll become a familiar face and the scandal will fade away,» said an insider.

[1] The threat of a leadership contest receded due to his perceived strong handling of the global financial crisis in October, but his popularity hit an all - time low and his position became increasingly untenable after the May 2009 expenses scandal and Labour's poor results in the 2009 Local and European elections.

Guadagno battled unsuccessfully to escape the taint of Governor Chris Christie, wildly unpopular in the wake of the Bridgegate scandal that came to light after his 2013 reelection and his obsequious devotion to Trump once the president's nomination became clear last year.

Hackney himself became speaker after his predecessor, Jim Black, became embroiled in a set of corruption scandals.

Richard Nixon, president from 1969 to 1974, famously gave the salute as he boarded Marine One after he became the only president in U.S. history to resign from office, the result of the Watergate scandal.

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.

But after SUNY Poly and its founding president Alain Kaloyeros became entangled in a government corruption scandal last fall that resulted in Kaloyeros» resignation, the project appears to have been cast aside.

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.

l Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned after his involvement in a prostitution scandal became public.

The then Minister for Energy nominee, Boakye Agyarko, became the center of what appears to be the most interesting and complex corruption scandal in the first quarter of 2017, when the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, alleged that Mr. Agyarko had bribed members of Parliament's appointments committee GH cents 3,000 each to unanimously approve him after his vetting.

Politics: Generally a very safe Labour seat, in various guises Salford has consistently returned Labour MPs since 1945, although Hazel Blears «majority fell sharply in 2010 after she became embroiled in the expenses scandal and was targetted by a hostile «Hazel Must Go» campaign.

This comes despite her statement in a letter to David Cameron on May 28th that she «will not seek re-election for my Bromsgrove constituency» after becoming embroiled in the MPs» expenses scandal in relation to her housing claims.

The ironING lady: «Cost - conscious Margaret Thatcher offered to pay for an ironing board for No 10 after becoming PM... She insisted on using her own household items because she feared political enemies might spark an expenses row over refurbishment work... Her prudent attitude is in contrast to MPs» claims for items like moat cleaning that shocked Britain in the expenses scandal in 2009.»

Reinvent Albany Reinvent Albany has focused largely on procurement reform, which has become a major point of contention, particularly after the Buffalo Billion corruption scandal broke.

Just six weeks after Gray takes the job, the Watergate scandal happens, and we see as Felt's normal way of operating becomes hindered by White House tinkering, despite the fact that the FBI is supposed to be an independent body.

But when the actress does appear onscreen, she makes the most of it, giving justice to a woman whose life became a footnote in the scandal that followed after Kennedy waited 10 hours to report the accident.

The actor has become embroiled in Hollywood's ongoing sexual harassment scandal after several men have stepped forward to accuse Spacey of assault and unwanted touching.

Six months after joining News Corporation to lead a push into the education market, Joel I. Klein became Rupert Murdoch's legal compass in the phone - hacking scandal.

He resigned after just eight months, saying the growing scandal in Indiana had become too much of a distraction.

But no - warning inspections, proposed after the so - called Trojan Horse scandal, would not become the norm.

But they're drawn back into hometown life after their nephew's thoughtless prank becomes a scandal.

After the Madoff scandal, every Ponzi scheme became national news.

The scandal became widely known in early September after the CFPB announced the penalty — the largest in the financial watchdog's history — on Sept. 8.

After deciding to become a yearly event, in the summer the Biennale was rocked by the fake furniture scandal that saw the departure of two exhibitors, the Kraemer and Aaron galleries.