Sentences with phrase «appoint special counsel»

Gov. Jim Doyle quickly promised to appoint special counsel to represent the state.

Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appoint a special counsel to investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance amid reports that he has received $ 178,000 from lawyers or members of their firms with clients who were under investigation by the DA's office.

On Thursday, she wrote a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking him to appoint a special counsel to probe Vance amid reports he has received $ 178,000 from attorneys or members of their firms with clients who were under investigation by his office.

Cuomo's proposal would allow him to appoint a special counsel to review cases of police - involved shootings when they are not presented to a grand jury or when a grand jury fails to return an indictment.

«If the attorney general insists on looking the other way for reasons beyond me, Governor Cuomo has a responsibility to appoint a special counsel, even if that special counsel would shine a bright light on him.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, said the Justice Department should appoint another special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton for her Russian ties.

Again because the President can be Impeached for anything, forcing the AG to appoint a special counsel is a brilliant move since he can discover matters that can be embarrassing, he can also charge people (not the President) with lying to a special counsel.

Mychajliw said there is precedent to appoint special counsel as well.

US AG Jeff Sessions said there was «not enough basis» to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton, a day after reports surfaced that the attorney general had authorized senior prosecutors at the Department of Justice to evaluate an inquiry into the Clinton Foundation.

Just sent letter asking @jeffsessions to appoint Special Counsel to investigate decisions / activities re FISA abuse, & how / why Clinton probe ended, & Trump - Russia probe began.

He responded by agreeing to appoint a special counsel.

Sessions began contemplating the option after House Judiciary Committee chairman Robert Goodlatte asked Sessions in July and September to appoint a special counsel to investigate «matters which may be outside the scope» of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, including whether members of President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Moscow to sway the election in his favor.

Sufficient questions were raised for the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel with wide - ranging powers of inquiry — work that is only recently underway.

Even so, Comey's dismissal has fueled calls from both Democrats and Republicans to the DOJ to appoint a special counsel to oversee the bureau's Russia probe.

«That was one of the bricks in the load that led me to conclude I have to step away from the department if we're to close this case credibly,» Comey said, adding that consideration of appointing a special counsel to oversee the matter was a valid suggestion but one that would have been unfair.

He left that call to Robert Mueller, the recently - appointed special counsel overseeing the Trump - Russia investigation.

Days after Comey's firing, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, to oversee the federal investigation.

As you know, the deputy attorney general has appointed a special counsel to investigate matters related to Russian interference in the 2016 election.

«The acting attorney general appointed the special counsel, defined his jurisdiction, understands the scope of his investigation and has specifically confirmed that the allegations that form the basis» of Mr. Manafort's prosecution are within Mr. Mueller's purview, the filing said.

Rosenstein has overseen the Trump - Russia investigation since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March; he appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort claims in a lawsuit that the order appointing special counsel Robert Mueller improperly gave Mueller the power to investigate matters that are «unmoored» to an investigation of links between the Russian government and the presidential campaign.

Not exact matches

According to the National Archives» communications with Grassley, however, he sent an initial records request to the White House counsel, Donald McGahn, on May 17, 2017 — the same day special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to oversee the Russia probe.

Comey said he instructed the professor to provide information on the memos because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed.

«Trump will benefit from admission that he was not under investigation and Comey's revelation that he leaked his own memo to require a special counsel be appointed.

Trump's supporters also took grievance with Comey's stunning acknowledgment that he instructed a good friend — a Columbia University law professor — to leak information on his memos to the news media because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed.

Shane Murphy has been appointed as special counsel to the Perth offices of DLA Piper.

After Trump fired Comey, Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel.

After Comey's firing, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller as the special counsel in charge of the Russia investigation.

Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in mid-May as special counsel overseeing the the investigation into whether the President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election, noted that under the special counsel regulations, only the attorney general has the authority to fire such an appointee.

In addition to investigating the FBI's handling of the Clinton email controversy, Goodlatte also urged that a second special counsel be appointed to look into the Clinton Foundation's dealings, and the 2010 Uranium One deal, which was approved by the Obama administration.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering appointing a second special counsel tasked with investigating several issues related to former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

Following Comey's ouster, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which was tasked with overseeing an independent investigation into Russian interference and has the power to file charges.

Rosenstein appointed Mueller special counsel, after taking over responsibilities from Attorney General Jeff Sessions in matters involving the Russia probe.

Calls to appoint a second special counsel came as early as July, when House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte wrote a letter urging Sessions to consider it.

In a somewhat rambling statement, Trump then invoked Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and oversees the special counsel investigation.

On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia's intervention in the 2016 presidential election as well as any improper contact between Russian agents and the Trump campaign.

And now a special counsel has been appointed to investigate possible Russian interference in the election.

The NFL was strangely quiet for the longest time, and when commissioner Paul Tagliabue finally took action on Oct. 1 by appointing Philip Heymann as special counsel to investigate the locker room incident and its aftermath, the story stayed alive as a lengthy study was conducted.

Then, on Wednesday, Trump's worst nightmare came true as the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel for the Russia investigation.

The mother, initially hostile and angry in court, agreed to undergo individual and family counseling, provide the boy his own private space in the house, including a bedroom and bed, and cooperate with a court - appointed special advocate.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller special counsel in the Russian interference investigation after it was reported this week Trump had urged FBI Director James Comey earlier this year to drop an investigation of ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

We learned he was deposed Wednesday by Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel appointed by Trump to investigate Russia.

Trump has hired Joseph diGenova, a former U.S. attorney who was appointed independent counsel during the George H.W. Bush administration, to help represent him in the special counsel's Russia investigation.

Trump quoted a lawyer from O.J. Simpson's legal team to back up his argument that special counsel Robert Mueller should never have been appointed because there was no «probable cause» for collusion or obstruction of justice.

The court adopted the argument canvassed by Adewale Afolabi Esq, the immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Osun State and Counsel to Governor of Osun State that Kanmi Ajibola failed to make available to the court facts which showed that he suffered extraordinary injury by Governor Rauf Aregbesola's failure to appoint Commissioners and Special Advisers.

As attorney general, Cuomo would be charged with appointing a special prosecutor (or appointing himself as special prosecutor) to probe Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic chairman and now counsel to a top State Senate leader.

, chairman of the Judiciary panel, who called on Sessions twice this year to appoint a second special counsel who could independently investigate these concerns.

Referring to Gagan, the letter says, «Although there may be other positions to which this person could be appointed, which should not occur in any event under this cloud of darkness, Special Counsel does not exist and any payments to this person in this title are impermissible.»

Republicans on Capitol Hill welcomed the decision but acknowledged that it fell short of demands by three Republican committee chairmen that the Justice Department appoint a second special counsel to investigate the accusations of surveillance abuses.

The subpoenas to legal counsel Alexander Rabb and treasurer Dorothy Siegal are the first the party has received since a special prosecutor was appointed in 2012 to examine the party's finances.