Sentences with phrase «against prominent people»
Prosecutors often make cases against prominent people to send a message that no one is above the law.
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One of the most prominent was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who on Friday tweeted out his support for Trump's strike, writing, «This was a clear signal from America that Bashar al Assad can no longer use chemical weapons against his own people with impunity.»
The state attorney general's office agreed in April 2018 to dismiss criminal charges against Joseph R. Nicolla, one of Albany's most prominent developers, as part of an agreement that calls for Nicolla to cooperate in the AG's investigation if asked, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
«Most people don't realize that in the»80s and»90s Gentile had an impressive record as a prosecutor in the Queens D.A.'s office,» he said, pointing in particular to the now - councilman's prominent case against three white St. John's University lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a black classmate in 1990.
A prominent person from politics running against Cuomo would face instant blow back from the institutions that are supporting the governor's re-election.
When a New York attorney general brings a lawsuit against a prominent business person, there are two things you can count on out of that office — lots of political bluster and little accountability.
Many prominent people in the Church of England have spoken out against poverty and welfare cuts in the United Kingdom.
He never filed charges, for example, against two prominent people who were under investigation, Governor Cuomo and the hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen, who have each long denied wrongdoing.
Perhaps it may still, awaiting only some prominent person to champion the thing, in the way that Englishman Jonas Hanway in the mid 1800s popularized the use by men of umbrellas against the rain despite the taunts and ridicule he got for using a woman's device.
Most prominent among these are the «targeted sanctions» imposed by Security Council Resolutions (SCR) 1267 (1999) seq, which provide for asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes against persons listed by the Committee established pursuant to SCR 1267 (the 1267 Committee).