Sentences with phrase «as federal prosecutors probe»
«It's clear Cuomo and Rice have something to hide, refusing to answer pressing questions as federal prosecutors probe whether the governor shut down his own anti-corruption unit to protect his friends and improperly interfered with its investigations when they hit too close to home,» Short wrote.
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The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Cohen's business practices, including whether there were any crimes committed as part of a possible pattern or strategy in 2016 of buying the silence of people who could have damaged Trump's candidacy, according to people familiar with the probe.
The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.
Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted Sen. John Sampson whose job was nebulous — at best — is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming corruption probe.
Mangano and Walker have both been identified in Newsday stories as being under scrutiny in an unrelated corruption probe by federal prosecutors on Long Island stemming from charges against restaurateur Harendra Singh, who was a major campaign contributor to Mangano and others on the Island.
Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The New York Post.
Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted state senator, is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming probe.
Nassau County legislators said last week that they didn't know that the son of State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was on the payroll of a firm awarded a contract that federal prosecutors reportedly are scrutinizing as part of a corruption probe.
Testifying last week in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Walker confirmed that the U.S. attorney office for New York's Eastern District is probing his role in «county contracts given to some of your political campaign contributors,» as prosecutors phrased it in court.
The prosecutors sent a grand jury subpoena to the Glenwood real estate company in May 2014 as part of their probe into kickbacks pocketed by Silver, according to the Manhattan federal court papers filed earlier this month.
Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The Post.
Federal prosecutors have issued subpoenas to employees of Duke and the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources as part of a widening probe into possible felony violations at the 14 coal ash sites.