Sentences with phrase «attorney general set»
Eric Schneiderman's resignation as New York attorney general set off quick jockeying on Tuesday for his job — one of the most powerful positions in the state, and a role that wasn't expected to change hands this year.
https://www.wsj.com/ Not exact matches
Years later, in 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft chose Feinberg to determine payouts of $ 7.1 billion in taxpayer money set aside by Congress for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
The president is set to meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to finalize several gun control measures that he's expected to announce soon, according to The Washington Post.
Then on Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired deputy director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, two days before he was set to formally retire from the bureau on Sunday.
The second - largest American bank is seeking to set up a meeting between CEO Brian Moynihan and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to resolve a possible multibillion settlement over charges that the bank sold faulty mortgage securities, Reuters reports.
Obama's first attorney general, Eric Holder, set aside a criminal justice memo from his Republican predecessor, John Ashcroft, to charge people with the most serious, provable offenses and replaced it with his own policy of discouraging harsh mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent crime.
Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness of the crime, the deterrent effect of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact of particular crimes on the community.»
Conservative House allies of President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the ongoing special counsel probe, setting up a possible GOP showdown over the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
But Kevin Suffern, an assistant attorney general for Massachusetts, said, «If you are dealing with millions and millions of dollars and you set up a system of corporations and subcorporations and for - profit and not - for - profit arms, and you do not have an overall requirement of financial disclosure, you are never going to be able to trace all that money.
In 2012, former Attorney General, Martin Amidu had said that late President Mills set up a Committee of Enquiry to investigate the acquisition of aircrafts for the Armed Forces negotiated by then vice-President John Mahama.
The trial court should have set aside the default judgment it had wrongly entered against the State and allowed the Attorney - General to defend the action as she intimated.
Dashed in their quest to get him going in and still hungry for a quick sound - bite, reporters then exited the Hilton in search of the Attorney General's car, and set up a sidewalk stakeout — a routine practice in political journalism.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's re-election campaign is set to report having more than $ 8.5 million in cash on hand, his biggest war chest ever.
Also set to appear at the event is John Cahill, a former top aide to Pataki and 2014 candidate for attorney general, state Republican Chairman Ed Cox, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, and Senate Republican Campaign Committee Chair Cathy Young.
In early December, a different set of 20 states — a Republican group led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette — filed their brief backing Mark Janus, the Illinois state employee challenging the agency - fees policy.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he still needs to consult with the other legislative leaders before he can set a date to vote on a replacement for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to serve out the remainder of the term, which ends December 31.
The office still seems set on fighting Trump: Just this week, Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood joined in an amicus brief in a case meant to block Trump's new rules for funding family - planning programs.
The first of two days of public interviews of prospective candidates to serve out the remainder of former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's term is set.
Come Home NYC will coordinate with the city's Department of Homeless Services to identify shelter families earning an average of $ 35,000 a year or more, help locate an affordable apartment for them and use the funds from the attorney general's office and $ 300,000 from the Robin Hood Foundation provide the landlord with a $ 3,000 deposit to off - set potential rent shortfalls.
The money is set to go toward an entity formed by SUNY Poly, which is being investigated for bid rigging by the state attorney general's office.
«To set the record straight, neither the Attorney General nor any state official was at the said court today.
The United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York have set up special telephone numbers to receive complaints of possible violations of federal election laws relating to the upcoming general elections in New York City and other counties in their districts.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has set up a hotline to call if you have a problem at the polls in Tuesday's general elGeneral Eric Schneiderman has set up a hotline to call if you have a problem at the polls in Tuesday's general elgeneral election.
Given his success exposing shady dealings in Albany, City Hall and on Wall Street, Mr. Bharara (a former aide to Mr. Schumer) could well become the attorney general for the United States under a Clinton administration — or, given that Ms. Clinton set up her controversial «homebrew» email server on his turf, he could wind up leading the investigation that denies her the White House.
In an interview, Glick agreed that a female attorney general would set a different tone in sex crime prosecutions.
The State Assembly has set up a panel to interview applicants for the attorney general position.
Gianaris said campaign finance disclosures set to be filed on Friday would show he has raised $ 350,000 in the statewide account, New Yorkers for Gianaris, that had its roots in his abortive run for attorney general in 2006, when Eliot Spitzer vacated the office to run (successfully) for governor.
He said Attorney General George Jepsen, who is not running for re-election, has set a good example for the kind of work the state's top attorney needs to do across state lines on issues like opioid addiction and net neuAttorney General George Jepsen, who is not running for re-election, has set a good example for the kind of work the state's top attorney needs to do across state lines on issues like opioid addiction and net neuattorney needs to do across state lines on issues like opioid addiction and net neutrality.
LAGOS — As President Muhammadu Buhari is set to touch ground today in Ogun State on a two - day state visit, former Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), has lent his voice on how he will achieve success in anti-corruption fight and governance.
Unlike Mr. Cahill, Attorney General Schneiderman believes in having one set of rules for everyone.»
The decision by the Hon. Attorney - General is a confirmation of the claim by leading Members of the NPP at the time of the lawless action by the lawless Delta Forces that the culprits will be set free.
After 6 weeks of studying the over one year court proceedings on the ongoing trial involving four suspects; Osarfo Anthony, Ekow Micah, Sarah Kwablah, and Chris Handler, accused of allegedly conspiring to extort money from Asamoah Gyan, the new Attorney General headed by Madam Gloria Akuffo, is set to appear in court for trial to continue.
On the local lawman front, Albany County District Attorney David Soares, a reformer endorsed by Eliot Spitzer when Spitzer was state attorney general, is set to release his own report on what's called «TroopergateAttorney David Soares, a reformer endorsed by Eliot Spitzer when Spitzer was state attorney general, is set to release his own report on what's called «Troopergateattorney general, is set to release his own report on what's called «Troopergate».
Rather, he's proposing the creation of a three - person commission to meet every four years to set pay rates for state elected positions, including the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller and state lawmakers.
He points out that Cunningham played a major role in his 2006 campaign for attorney general - also as an unpaid volunteer - and, as promised back then, he still went after Medicaid fraud with record - setting results.
State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and 13 other attorneys general from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those requirements set by the Clean AGeneral Eric T. Schneiderman and 13 other attorneys general from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those requirements set by the Clean Ageneral from various states and the District of Columbia filed on Thursday a notice to sue the federal agency to force it to comply with those requirements set by the Clean Air Act.
Party officials gamely agreed to disagree over the contested attorney general's slot, by setting up a five - way primary.
Those federal corruption charges came from Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney General for the Southern District of New York, and may also have come from the Moreland Commission files, the commission Governor Andrew Cuomo set up to investigate corruption...
As attorney general I would do everything I could do to ensure that everybody plays by the same set of rules; that we return to the idea of being that nation of laws, not a nation of men and women.
The Progressive People's Party (PPP), led by entrepreneur Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom as the presidential nominee for the 2016 polls, has sued the Electoral Commission [EC] and government through the Attorney - General, over the fees set by the Commission for presidential and parliamentary hopefuls.
Sexual assault continues to be top of mind — with a new set of survivors speaking out about the former New York attorney general.
Section 2 (1) of the Terrorism Act states that «where two or more persons associate for the purpose of, or where an organisation engages in: (a) participating or collaborating in an act of terrorism; (b) promoting, encouraging or exhorting others to commit an act of terrorism; or (c) setting up or pursuing acts of terrorism, the judge in chambers may on an application made by the Attorney General, National Security Adviser or Inspector General of Police on the approval of the President, declare any entity to be a proscribed organisation and the notice should be published in the official gazette».
A committee of state senators and Assembly members is set to interview candidates for attorney general starting Tuesday, a week after Schneiderman resigned following a report in The New Yorker that he physically and psychologically abused four women.
Potential attorney general candidacies by a host of other New Yorkers, setting up a possible Democratic primary in September never anticipated one week ago.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he still needs to consult with the other New York legislative leaders before he can set a date to vote on a replacement for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to serve out the remainder of the term, which ends December 31.
The New York State Assembly is set to interview potential replacements Tuesday for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned May 8th in a domestic violence scandal.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said he still needs to consult with the other legislative leaders before he can set a date to vote on a replacement for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to serve out the remainder of the term, which ends Dec. 31.
A spokesman for state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, who brought the charges against Pigeon, said State Supreme Court Justice Donald F. Cerio Jr. set the date.
The New York State Assembly is set to interview potential replacements Tuesday for former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned May 8 in a domestic violence scandal.
Alcantara is in a closely watched Democratic primary set for next month, which includes Micha Lasher, a former top aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and former Councilman Robert Jackson.