Sentences with phrase «aide against the official»

Accusing the Ohanaeze President - General of autocracy, the youth leaders added, «He (Nwodo) has closed down the Publicity Department of Ohanaeze by not giving the Publicity Department the liberty which the spokesman for Afenifere enjoys, rather he (Nwodo) is now the President - General and the Publicity Secretary using his media aide against the official spokesmen of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

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But some government officials, including some of Pruitt's own aides, pushed back against the spending requests and reportedly were sidelined as a result, pointing to an agency staff in disarray.

The officials said Kelly portrays himself to Trump administration aides as the lone bulwark against catastrophe, curbing the erratic urges of a president who has a questionable grasp on policy issues and the functions of government.

On Tuesday, he took his campaign of affability a step further: he asked a group of city officials to join him at Yankee Stadium, for the team's opening home game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, aides confirmed.

Special prosecutor Roger Adler announced yesterday that his investigation of the WFP's involvement in Councilwoman Debi Rose's campaign resulted in the indictment of two former aides to the Staten Island Democrat, but no allegations of wrongdoing against the party itself or any of its officials.

Environmental groups and advocates are cheering the decision by state environmental officials to deny permits for the Millennium Pipeline to connect to a Hudson Valley power plant that is playing a supporting role in the corruption case against former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco.

Carroll, the former mayor's aide, said Fitzpatrick's probe looks like retribution against city officials for their legal challenge to COR.

The charges against the former aides, Joseph Percoco and Todd R. Howe, and the state official, Alain Kaloyeros, were the culmination of a long - running federal investigation into the Cuomo administration's efforts to lure jobs and businesses to upstate New York's limping economy by furnishing billions of dollars in state funds to developers from Buffalo to Albany.

Federal corruption charges were announced on Thursday against two former close aides to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a senior state official and six other people, in a blow to the governor's innermost circle and a repudiation of the way his prized upstate economic development programs were managed.

@PreetBharara announces corruption charges against ex-NY Gov. aide, SUNY official as well as developer and energy co. execs.

Aides to James declined to say specifically if she has decided against running on both the WFP and Democratic ballot lines, saying only that she is focused on securing the party's official nomination.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

The jury is midway through its sixth day of considering conspiracy, bribery and other charges against Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and three - co-defendants accused of paying him more than $ 300,000 in bribes for official favors.

In addition, corruption charges were announced against another former aide, a senior state official and six other people.

Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney said she was «surprised» to hear news of indictments against top COR officials, who are accused of bribing former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco.

Bharara, a former chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer, served for seven years and pursued high - profile cases against Wall Street tycoons accused of insider trading and elected officials and their aides accused of public corruption.

And according to the Daily News, after then - City Councilman Charles Barron ripped Mr. de Blasio for criticizing Mr. Paterson, de Blasio «fired back that if Paterson doesn't immediately address allegations that state officials interfered in a domestic violence case against a top Paterson aide, he must go.»

Nearly all voters think Carwyn Jones got it wrong when he relied on political aides and party officials to look into the allegations made against his cabinet colleague.

Supporters, including Syracuse Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco, said the oversight is needed, especially in the wake of recent corruption and bribery charges filed against multiple business leaders, SUNY officials and former aides and associates of the governor in connection with SUNY projects.

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