Sentences with phrase «because federal investigations»

Others have alleged that Cuomo has been eager to go after Espada because federal investigations into the abuse of nonprofits by senators are heating up, and he does not want to look as though he has been sitting on his hands.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Treinis Gatz said during the arraignment that the government wants to have Griffin removed as Venditto's attorney because the federal investigation is continuing into Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay, and Griffin has a conflict of interest.

Not exact matches

Trump and Cohen had sought a delay because of a pending criminal investigation of Cohen by federal prosecutors in New York.

Because even with your thorough investigation, you want to make sure all your i's are dotted and t's are crossed and that you're in compliance with both federal and local laws.

State and federal prosecutors often begin investigations because of consumer and whistleblower complaints, several civil and antitrust attorneys said, and gripes about rising insulin prices have been roiling the online diabetes community for the past few years.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it could not submit to an interagency review the hack used to access the iPhone because it did not own the method or possess sufficient knowledge of the underlying vulnerability.

Federal prosecutors may have executed this search warrant for the premises of an attorney because Cohen may be a subject of an investigation.

It may be least expected because of more than game - related stresses, given the news that broke during the Memorial that he was involved in a federal investigation into insider trading.

She withdrew from the case last month, citing a conflict because her husband former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek testified in late 2014 before a federal grand jury in Manhattan as part of a related investigation.

What he did was resign because there was a federal investigation coming his way.»

Cuomo initially rejected the Working Families Party's offer to endorse him because they were under federal investigation.

The contract was rejected less than a month later because of «lingering vendor responsibility issues» related to the federal investigations that have entwined Broadway Stages and de Blasio.

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wiretap was mainly operated not to determine if Oliva was leaking information, but to keep tabs on a then - federal investigation into Chief Burke because Oliva had been working on a federal anti-gang task force with FBI Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wiretap was mainly operated not to determine if Oliva was leaking information, but to keep tabs on a then - federal investigation into Chief Burke because Oliva had been working on a federal anti-gang task force with FBI federal investigation into Chief Burke because Oliva had been working on a federal anti-gang task force with FBI federal anti-gang task force with FBI agents.

That's because of federal investigations surrounding the Buffalo Billion and an early December announcement about the FBI investigating hiring practices within the executive office.

«We await reports of EFCC investigations and we hope that the anti-corruption agency will be civil enough to allow an open and transparent trial in competent court of law and not media trial just to get at Governor Fayose because of his uncompromising stance against the misrule of the APC / Buhari led federal government.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's soccer season this fall has been canceled because of an ongoing U.S. Department of Transportation investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by players, federal officials said.

«From all available records, none of the grounds required to postpone an election is existing in the state of Osun for now and so one wonders why this chairman, if he truly believes in the fact of his allegations, can not report it to the police for investigation because this allegation if really they are true, is a violation of the electoral act and the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria.

The city's correction commissioner is fighting to keep union boss Norman Seabrook in power — because the labor boss is so distracted by a federal corruption investigation, he has no time to advocate for his members, according to a union challenger.

«He didn't take responsibility, he evaded it... What he did was resign because there was a federal investigation coming his way.

He said that while he has confidence in the state DEC's investigation, the EPA should look into the situation, too, because the discharge may have violated the federal Clean Water Act as well as agreements involving the shared waters of the United States and Canada.

If any of those potential criminal offenses were federal crimes, such as mail or wire fraud, then interference with the investigation could conceivably be construed as obstruction of justice, or even aiding and abetting the commission of such a crime or serving as an accessory after the fact to the criminal offense, said several legal experts who declined to speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

But the handpicked successor, state Sen. Malcolm Smith, seems a curious choice because he is under federal investigation himself.

Schneiderman says he's been quiet about the anti-corruption commission shut down by Governor Cuomo and now under federal investigation, because he's cooperating with prosecutors.

The legislative leaders, however, responded that Cuomo was making demands he knew were unacceptable in a politically motivated effort to appear as a reformer because he's under federal investigation for dismantling his anti-corruption Moreland Commission panel.

NEW YORK >> Manhattan's federal prosecutor says choosing a path on the criminal investigation of General Motors was difficult because there are no specific laws against failing to disclose a car equipment defect.

Large Newspaper — Circulation of 150,000 or more Gold Award: Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Yasmeen Abutaleb and the Reuters team Reuters «The Uncounted» series Sept. 7, Nov. 18, Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, 2016 Fifteen years after the U.S. government declared antibiotic - resistant infections to be a grave threat to public health, a Reuters investigation, «The Uncounted,» found that infection - related deaths are going uncounted because federal and state agencies are doing a poor job of tracking them.

Indeed, in a 2011 email to ProPublica, Halliburton, a company listed in the congressional investigation as having used 7.2 million gallons of diesel fuel, said it had not violated any laws «because there are currently no requirements in the federal environmental regulations that require a company to obtain a federal permit prior to undertaking a hydraulic fracturing project using diesel.»

But as Retraction Watch reports, a federal district court judge ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction in this case because the plaintiffs haven't yet exhausted the administrative process set up to handle misconduct investigations at federally funded labs.

They wished to interview Elrod as part of a Treasury Department investigation they had been assigned to handle the matter because federal agents are few and far fraud online in Southwest Virginia.

This is a shame because the data the districts submit make a strong case for federal investigations — especially when one understands the long history of racial bigotry in the Eastern Shore of the Old Line State.

That's because those two schools still use the rules the Orleans Parish School Board set in 1998 to settle a federal civil rights investigation into some magnet schools» wildly unequal racial enrollment.

WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials have opened an investigation to determine if some 1998 Ford Windstar minivans are defective because of loose or missing bolts on front brakes.

Mukasey noted that the Eastern District of Virginia has jurisdiction in the matter, but because U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg has recused himself, a federal prosecutor from Connecticut will oversee the FBI's investigation instead.

Now, 15 months later, they still have refused to provide such information to the family, the public or the press because they claim there is an ongoing federal criminal investigation.

The case charges Google / Alphabet / YouTube with running payback and vendetta operations in violation of anti-trust laws as part of a competitive retribution program that Google engaged in because of witness testimony, by plaintiffs, for a series of federal investigations.

Federal crimes are even more intimidating than state crimes because they involve federal agents and extensive investigFederal crimes are even more intimidating than state crimes because they involve federal agents and extensive investigfederal agents and extensive investigations.

Lawyers acting on behalf of the Applicant argued that the legislation which created the scheme duplicated and replaced federal criminal law because it imported an.08 standard and because when a person receives an IRP, the criminal investigation is automatically shut down.

Although airlines may be liable for deaths or dismemberments that happen because of their negligence, the multiple federal agencies involved in the many investigations that happen after the incident cause lengthy delays.

The stakes are especially high because a deadly accident involving Tesla's autopilot feature is under federal investigation.

In a letter obtained by IBTimes this week, the New York State Housing Finance Agency stated that it can not release the documents because it is «cooperating» with the federal investigation.

You don't want to be vulnerable to identity theft because remnants of your personal information were left behind after a sale, says Sheryl Roth, an investigator for the Office of Technology Research and Investigation at the Federal Trade Commission.