Sentences with phrase «after the scandal broke»

After the scandal broke, Young wrote a book called «The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down.»

In contrast to claims being made for his technology in the 2014 contract, Kogan himself claimed in a TV interview earlier this month (after the scandal broke) that his predictive modeling was not very accurate at an individual level — suggesting it would only be useful in aggregate to, for example, «understand the personality of New Yorkers».

«For all the things we might say about 7 - Eleven, after the scandal broke with [Fairfax] Four Corners, I asked 7 - Eleven to provide us with information about their internal audits, and they provided that information voluntarily,» James said.

He also gets an endorsement from his wife, Ms. Abedin, who revealed she was pregnant after the scandal broke.

After the scandal broke, some 30 former staffers of The Diamondback, who had worked with Blair when he was editor - in - chief at the university newspaper, signed a 2003 letter alleging that Blair had made four serious errors as a reporter and editor while at the University of Maryland.

The governor also oversaw the economic development programs that were allegedly taken advantage of and dismissed calls for greater independent contracting oversight, both before and after the scandal broke, though he did make some relatively minor adjustments.

Ultimately, CBS anchor Dan Rather reportedly retired earlier than expected after the scandal broke and the producer, who fought to bring the story to air, was terminated.

VW shares dropped 40 percent in two days this week after the scandal broke, and the automaker has so far set aside $ 7.3 billion to cover costs of recalls and fixes on millions of cars.

VW swung to the negative, as low as negative 46.5, in the month after the scandal broke.

«The Smithsonian is greatly concerned about the allegations surrounding Dr. Willie Soon's failure to disclose funding sources for his climate change research,» they said in a statement shortly after the scandal broke over the weekend.

Four days after the scandal broke, Google announced «expanded safeguards for advertisers.»

«We have a responsibility to protect your data and if we can't, then we don't deserve to serve you,» Zuckerberg said almost a week after the scandal broke.

Not exact matches

After news broke in November 2006 that Siemens had been involved in a global corruption scandal, involving thousands of acts of bribery in several different countries by hundreds of employees, the company had its work cut out for it in complying with securities investigations, and paying hefty fines (about $ 2.5 billion in total).

The scandal broke after he had been elected to the Senate; he is still in the Senate.

Media said the changes were made after February last year — when the suspected scandal broke — and that words describing the «special nature» of the deal were excised along with the names of several politicians.

Trump concluded his assertion by comparing Obama's «wiretapping» to Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal that resulted in the then - president's resignation from office in 1974 after he ordered a break - in of the Democrats» headquarters.

The California - based finance company has struggled to maintain steady gains after its major fake accounts scandal broke back in 2016.

«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.

Khosrowshahi, who took the helm in August after former CEO Travis Kalanick was asked to step down amid a litany of regulatory problems, driver and consumer scandals and court cases, pledged to make a clean break with past practices that have lead to accusations of a toxic work culture.

Warren accused Sloan of breaking his promise to customers since he took over as CEO in late 2016 after a fake accounts scandal burst into the headlines.

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.

[UPDATE]: After five days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally broken his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

She said the Leicester East MP begged for forgiveness, saying he was «very sorry» and promising it would «never happen again» after he broke the news to her before the scandal was reported in the press.

The complainant did not pursue the allegation again until 2012 after several high - profile cases of historical sexual abuse by church figures had broken in Australia and the US, as well as the Jimmy Savile scandal.

Soon after the financial scandal broke last year involving Ivan Boesky, the Wall Street arbitrager, I spoke with a dean of Harvard University's Business School at a suburban Boston church.

The Minority has stated that these comments confirm their long - held belief that the president was simply doing politics after he led his party to scream corruption when scandals like GYEEDA, SUBAH and SADA broke between 2013 and 2015.

Mr Fedorcio had gone on extended leave last August after the phone - hacking scandal broke and commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson resigned.

Having represented the seat since 1997, he said last year he was «utterly ashamed» to be an MP after the expenses scandal broke.

It's testament to the scale of the expenses scandal that, two years after it first broke, it continues to have an impact on this top ten.

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.

-- Former NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Harrington is «broke and bitter» after his indictment in the NYPD corruption scandal.

The Watergate scandal started unraveling after operatives physically broke into the Democratic Committee's headquarters to plant bugs and photograph documents — and got caught.

For about a week after news of the Spitzer scandal broke nobody knew for sure if he was going to resign.

A Working Families Party official told State Police she attended a meeting at LoPorto's restaurant after news of the scandal broke and said McDonough started the meeting by stating: «I don't want to be a (expletive) but I want to make sure that this conversation isn't being recorded.

The following year, after the nationwide scandal over bank employees signing thousands of foreclosure documents without proper review, known as robosigning, broke, New York began requiring plaintiffs in foreclosure cases to affirm the accuracy of their documents.

Last year after the Rivington scandal broke I noticed that the CEO of the Allure Group, Solomon Rubin, had given Costa Constantinides $ 2500.

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

He left the Racing Association in 2015, after the Skelos scandal broke.

The independent conference insulted then broke from the Democrats in 2010 after a two - year Democratic majority mired in political scandal, gridlock with Republicans and an embarrassing coup.

And, in a speech after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, she shared personal stories of sexual harassment and urged other women to speak out.

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.

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.

Hochul was asked if she thought it was ironic that this scandal broke just days after her upset victory in a special election that wouldn't have taken place had it not been for the on - line scandal of a now - former congressman with a penchant for posting shirtless photos of himself.

The IDC broke away after Klein claimed he was tired with the corruption scandals and dysfunction that plagued the conference, while Democrats insisted the lawmaker was making a power play after failing to topple Sen. John Sampson.

But after Cuomo won the attorney general's job in 2006, he brought a series of corruption cases, retooled his reputation and lay exceedingly low as his likely opponent, appointed Gov. David Paterson, self - destructed over a scandal broken by the Times.

Another poll released last week was conducted just days after the first story broke, and showed Cuomo's favorability rating dropping six points to 53 percent in the immediate wake of the scandal.

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.

After the scandal of the Tuskegee study broke in 1972, U.S. health agencies overhauled the ground rules for human research.

Meanwhile, after Hector's wife informs him that she and their daughter are moving to escape the incest scandal, he reaches a breaking point and enlists Ray's help in fixing the situation.

As for its prescience, one month after its release the Lewinsky scandal broke.