Sentences with phrase «attorneys general talked»

All of the attorneys general talked about the impact of climate change on their states, including flooding, severe weather and sea level rise.

Not exact matches

(Adds comments from Canada's foreign minister, Mexican business lobby, Mexican source on talks, U.S. attorney general)

«We're talking about presidential appointees, political appointees, FBI special agents in charge, U.S. attorneys, wardens, a chief deputy U.S. marshal, a U.S. marshal assistant director, a deputy assistant attorney general,» Michael Horowitz, DOJ's Inspector General, told Thgeneral,» Michael Horowitz, DOJ's Inspector General, told ThGeneral, told The Post.

With Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions talking about «Tough on crime» and «Law and Order,» it doesn't appear the administration has a particularly nuanced perspective on crime.

Because he perceived that her independence was compromised by a private talk with Bill Clinton, Comey nudged aside Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch to make the call about not prosecuting Hillary.

The talks, which involve the Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the New York attorney general's office, continued on Tuesday without resulting in a final deal.

«I am not, you know, I want to talk to the people of the state, about what I've done as attorney general, what I would do as governor, and how I would get it done.»

He talks of the «negative noise» voters will hear, which he suspects will come from the very folks on Wall Street he antagonized so well for two terms as attorney general.

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, D - NY, had little interest in talking about a potential campaign for attorney general.

I'm talking about Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

In page 219, the author talks about the origin of two - tier theory of free expression and writes that it has been first suggested by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935), the Jurist who served the Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932, and later advocated by Robert H. Jackson (1892 - 1952) who was Attorney General (1940 - 1941) and serving in the Supreme Court (1941 - 1954).

However, contrary to the findings and recommendations of the Attorney General, the office of the President simply released a statement in which it directed Smarttys to refund the excess payments to the state without any talk of referral of the offending state officials to EOCO for investigation and subsequent action.

State Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison will headline a fundraiser for the conference in June.

At last night's opening keynote at Netroots Nation, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman talked about the difference between tra...

The Attorney General says he will soon propose a bill to stiffen those penalties and close other loopholes in the law, and has begun talking to state lawmakers about possible sponsorship.

Schneiderman has held this policy for some time, though he has not talked about it in publicDick Dadey, with the reform group Citizens Union, says the Attorney General has made a wise decision.

The president described the FBI's raid last month on the home of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as «pretty tough stuff,» but said he has not talked to the FBI or the attorney general about the matter.

For a week, some of President Donald Trump's top aides have tried to talk him down from his public campaign against Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

A well - liked, respected, hard - charging attorney general who talks tough about cleaning up the scandal - plagued, lobbyist - run institution known as New York state government has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

He should have known what he was talking about as he was the sitting Attorney General at the time.

Instead, the Attorney General's race is the one that has everyone talking.

When you talk about fighting corruption, you're talking about the Office of the Attorney General and the courts and the statutory law enforcement agencies like the ICPC and EFCC, but, if you can follow me to the offices of some of these agencies, you will discover that we are not serious about fighting corruption.

New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx talks with reporters about New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's resignation at the State Capitol last week in Albany, N.Y.

«There simply have been no talks or conversations of this sort within the Cuomo camp,» said John Milgrim, a spokesman for the attorney general.

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Talk is that there are a number of people interested in succeeding D.A. Daniel Donovan if the Republican Donovan opts to run for state attorney general.

«It's a long process to convince voters and to talk to voters about the issues that they face, the roll of the attorney general,» he said in an interview.

Elizabeth Holtzman, a former congresswoman and Brooklyn district attorney, sat down with Josh Robin to talk about the growing influence of the New York attorney general's office, if Eric Schneiderman's replacement will continue his agenda of tackling the Trump administration, and whether she wants to be his successor.

A spokeswoman for Ms. James, Delaney Kempner, did not address the issue, saying, «As she explores a run for attorney general, public advocate James is talking with everyone.

State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo speaks at the State Office Building in Syracuse on June 23 to talk about his office's investigations into the mortgage rescue industry.

«I must add quite hesitantly that across the divide, there have been politicians who if I'll borrow the words of respected Lawyer and Former Attorney General, Ayikoi Otoo who talks about some Gbeshe spirit which sometimes falls on politicians and so we engage in excesses.

Manhattan Senator Eric Schneiderman talks about his decision to leave the Senate and seek the Attorney General's office.

As the newest voice in this race for Attorney General, I've used my time and resources to talk directly with voters about my plans to clean up corruption rampant throughout state government, protect Main Street by policing Wall Street and keeping our communities safe.»

«As the only candidate who's actually worked in the Attorney General's office, Eric Dinallo would prefer to talk about his time as Deputy Sheriff of Wall Street under Eliot Spitzer than sign pledges about the controversy surrounding State Senator Schneiderman's time as Deputy Sheriff of Berkshire County.»

For Democrats, the key talking point is all about the narrow Virginia victory by former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe over Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, whom they spent millions of dollars painting as an «extreme» conservative out of touch with voters in the increasingly purple state.

On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will visit Central Islip to talk about the violence.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tore into Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump «s pick for U.S. Attorney General, on the Senate floor this morning — bashing her southern colleague's voting record on hate crime legislation, and his remarks last year regarding a tape that caught Trump candidly talking about molesting women.

In an interview with public radio, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman talks about the mortgage foreclosure settlement reached with some major banks.

There was talk that he would have been appointed attorney general if Hillary Clinton had won in 2016, although some of her loyalists thought he might be too uncontrollable.

«If Cuomo were to think that Preet might be attorney general, it would be like kryptonite to Superman and would have the same effect on legislators on both sides of the aisle,» said Curtis Sliwa, a New York City talk radio host and activist who said he reached out to Bharara to offer him the Reform Party ballot line, which he controls.

There was little talk about the long - term future: Will Cuomo head the party's ticket for a third time in 2018, or will it be someone else, like Attorney General Eric Schneiderman or U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand?

«And when you talk about a Sessions being considered as attorney general, he's making it explicitly clear what his intent is and that is to continue to support that kind of sets of laws and policies across this country.

I have made a difference,» Spitzer said, talking about his own record as New York's former attorney general and his reputation for being tough on Wall Street.

It also comes two days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a conference call with US attorneys from around the country to give them a pep talk.

The EC has given indication it will ask the Attorney General's office to table a revision of Article 112 clause 4 and Article 63 clause 2a of the constitution, which talks about the election of parliamentarians upon...

De Blasio also talked serious with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held onto the small of his back for a minute of conversation.

Toward that end, state Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, sources say.

Attorney - general Eric Holder showed willing to talk about the US - UK extradition treaty after home secretary Theresa May refused to extradite Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about an update in the New York State Attorney General's case against Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove and remarks regarding the Voorheesville School District.