Sentences with phrase «against corruption charges»

That's good news since Berke — who represented disgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik in his unsuccessful battle against corruption charges — charges $ 850 an hour.

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

Not exact matches

Speaking to Reuters just ahead of his release Saturday, Alwaleed said that there were no charges against him following his arrest as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption last November.

Pruitt himself has played up this argument, claiming that the corruption charges against him are intended «to attack and derail the president's agenda.»

SNC - Lavalin has pleaded not guilty to the one fraud and one corruption charge filed by the RCMP against SNC - Lavalin and two of its subsidiaries.

RALEIGH, N.C. — College basketball has spent an entire season operating amid the specter of an FBI corruption investigation that led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others.

Prosecutors in February laid rare corruption and fraud charges against SNC - Lavalin Group, Canada's largest engineering firm, related to its business in Libya.

SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada's new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place in the United Kingdom and the United States, saying federal charges laid against the company are hurting its ability to compete against rivals in Group of 7 countries.

He charged against the authority of pope, cardinals, Church hierarchy and against the material wealth and corruption of the Church.

CSW's Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said: «We are deeply concerned by the new charges against Pastor Irani, especially the charge of spreading corruption on Earth, which bears unsettling similarities to the one faced by Pastor Matthias.

Mr Jethmalani has front - lined the revolt demanding the removal of the party's president after charges of corruption against Mr Gadkari.

In the ongoing corruption scandal embroiling college basketball for months, federal prosecutors in New York added charges on Tuesday against a former Adidas rep, Jim Gatto, which allege payments to families of players at four universities.

The Chairman of the AFRC also charged at those who pretend not recognize what led to June 4, describing it as a justifiable intervention and an expression of rage against corruption and the rape of the country bysome political and military leaders.

(Recall that the AG's office actually doesn't have subpoena power in corruption cases until the governor specifically refers a case to his office, which is why Andrew Cuomo couldn't compel testimony in the Troopergate case, but former Chief Judge Judith Kaye — working as Cuomo's request on the ethics charges lodged against Gov. David Paterson — can do so).

US Attorney Preet Bharara did not mince words just now in laying out the corruption charges against Sen. Carl Kurger, Assemblyman William Boyland, lobbyist Richard Lipsky and their alleged co-conspirators, noting that Albany somehow just doesn't seem to be getting the message that crime doesn't pay.

«After Dean Skelos was charged in 2015, my office thoroughly reviewed Nassau's contracting processes and recommended the establishment of an independent inspector general and modern conflict - checking procedures to guard against corruption and abuse,» she said.

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.»

The committee stated the charge against the justices as «bribery and corruption contrary to S. 244 of the Criminal Offences Act and Rule 2 of the CCMG.»

He will remain a rank - and - file member of the Assembly as he fights the federal corruption charges lodged against him by US Attorney Preet Bharara.

* State prosecutors pursing bribery and corruption charges against G. Steven Pigeon saw their case improve today when a judge reversed an earlier decision to suppress email evidence that they believe incriminates the once - powerful political operative

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.

The legislation, backed by good - government groups, was initially proposed in the wake of the corruption charges filed against former SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros, former close gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco and upstate developers.

Cor Development CEO Steven Aiello may take the witness stand to defend himself against corruption and bribery charges in the Joe Percoco trial.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors yesterday slapped the disgraced former state Senate majority leader with yet another round of charges in the growing corruption case against him.

«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.»

That's after a scandal led to federal corruption charges against nine former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In other words, the charges against Congressman Robert Garcia by former US Attorney Rudy Giuliani, in his grand role as crime - buster against political corruption, and with all of the hype and media any publicity hound could ever want, were eventually thrown out of court.

Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Buffalo on Friday, one day after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against nine men, including two of his confidants, in relation to projects including the Buffalo Billion.

With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, some New York lawmakers are pressing for reform of the state's economic development contracting process in light of a scandal that's led to federal corruption charges against several former associates of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Alain Kaloyeros, the former president and CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has filed a complaint against the school's two nonprofit development arms demanding that they cover his legal bills as he fights state and federal corruption charges.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announces corruption charges against two former aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and seven other defendants at a Manhattan news conference on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

If Cohen was merely providing access to Trump or members of his administration, then prosecutors will be unlikely to charge public corruption offenses against any of them.

Lawmakers grilled Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development chair Wednesday at a budget hearing, as some of the programs are embroiled in a corruption scandal that's led to charges against several former associates of the governor.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

The charges against Mubarak are gruesome: it is alleged that he ordered tortures and authorised the brutalities of the secret police, that he sent out snipers to shoot and kill innocent and unarmed protestors during the January - February revolution, and that he conducted corruption on a grand scale, taking millions from the state coffers through a dodgy deal to supply gas.

A Long Island federal corruption trial can steer into a felonious businessman's dealings with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — it just can't veer into the absence of charges against him.

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D - New Jersey, has filed a new motion to dismiss corruption charges against him, finding hope in last week's appellate ruling reversing the bribery conviction of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The idea for the increase has been met with harsh criticism, especially after the wave of corruption charges against dozens of senators and Assembly members.

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) who is being unlawfully detained against court orders by Department of State Service (DSS) has approached the Court of Appeal Abuja Division praying the court to set aside the subpoena issued against him by the federal high court to appear before it to testify in a N400m corruption charges brought against Former National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Olisa Metuh.

NEW YORK CITY — Cor Development CEO Steven Aiello may take the witness stand to defend himself against corruption and bribery charges.

It's been a week since a federal corruption investigation exploded in New York state, bringing fraud and bribery and charges against developers and state officials for allegedly running a pay - to - play scheme involving upstate economic development projects.

SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been widely reported, but the internal documents offer a rare glimpse at how the crisis has been perceived and deliberated internally.

A spokesman for Mangano, who has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges and hasn't said whether he will run against Martins in a primary, referred a request for comment to Nassau County police.

Yet, in the most bizarre of the spate of federal official corruption indictments against Mangano, former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, the charges against Walker seem to relegate him to the junior varsity.

SUNY Poly's seemingly precarious financial state — particularly since former president Alain Kaloyeros resigned in October after state and federal corruption charges were filed against him related to his oversight of bidding processes at two of the school's affiliated nonprofits — has been

The proposals come after a corruption wave at the Capitol that's led to prison sentences for both former legislative leaders, jail time for a former state comptroller and federal charges, including bribery and bid - rigging, against nine Cuomo associates.

Additionally, the problem of Albany corruption again being addressed not by internal state watchdogs, but instead by the U.S. Attorney who this month is prosecuting charges against the two most recent former legislative leaders, demonstrates the clear need to strengthen our state's own ethics enforcement.

The hedge fund at the center of a scandal involving corruption charges against former Correction Officers Benevolent Association president Norman Seabrook was able to convince a Manhattan judge that it has the cash to repay a $ 30 million loan.