Sentences with phrase «appointment as special prosecutor»

Additionally, John's experience and track record led to his appointment as a special prosecutor in multiple high - profile homicide, public corruption and organized - crime cases.

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Last May, following Trump's surprise firing of James Comey as FBI director, the two were among 180 former prosecutors from the district who signed a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a special counsel.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced he would accede to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to be named special prosecutor for cases in which a police officer kills a civilian — even as the governor noted that he took the step with reluctance, and that the appointment would last just one year.

The state's District Attorney's association has threatened legal action over the appointment of the Attorney General as special prosecutor, and Senate Democrats have contemplated suing over the gun control law changes.

The Law Society of British Columbia has launched an investigation, the Premier has called for a review of the process by which special prosecutor appointments occur, and the Vancouver Sun (B.C.'s major daily newspaper of record) has dutifully pulled out a list of other prominent counsel who have acted as special prosecutors subsequent to making political donations to the governing party in B.C.