Sentences with phrase «breach of public trust»

We'll continue to engage his administration to correct this egregious breach of public trust.

In a surprising rebuke of New York's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, a judge in Albany County dismissed criminal charges against Republican state Sen. Robert Ortt, of Niagara Falls, whom Schneiderman has said committed «a shameful breach of public trust.»

It took until May 2016 for BC Liberal operative Brian Bonney to be charged with breach of public trust.

Bonney's defence lawyer Ian Donaldson asked St. Pierre for a discharge or conditional sentence and said there was no similar breach of public trust case, because there was no bribery or theft.

«Each of our recommended changes corresponds to an obvious breach of the public trust on the part of this PC government.

In the recently enacted state budget, they lay claim to implementing the strongest outside income disclosure laws in the nation, along with other measures to deter, detect and punish breaches of the public trust.

«This was a complete breach of public trust,» said Julie Menin, who leads Community Board 1.

The allegations represent a massive breach of the public trust, and Sheldon Silver should step down as Speaker of the Assembly; the charges impair his ability to claim a leadership role.

Speaker Silver's judgment was so impaired that he had to have the JScope findings finally jolt him into an awareness that orchestrating the settlement to get Vito Lopez of the hook was a devastating breach of the public trust, and something no woman in this State should ever forgive him for the rest of his time in the Assembly.

The senior Dokpesi is standing trial for a six - count charge of alleged involvement in the $ 2.1 billion arms procurement fraud and breach of public trust preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In 2012, Lieberman went on trial for breach of public trust and fraud, and had to step down from his ministerial post until his subsequent acquittal.

These allegations represent a shameful breach of the public trust — and we will hold those responsible to account.»

That is according to email read in B.C. Provincial Court by Special Prosecutor David Butcher during the sentencing of an ex-government worker who pleaded guilty to breach of public trust.

Embattled former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has failed in his bid to regain freedom after being docked on Wednesday on a six - count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust to the tune of N2.1 billion before Justice -LSB-...]

AG Eric Schneiderman called the accusations «a shameful breach of public trust,» adding in a statement: «No - show jobs and secret payments are the lifeblood of public corruption.

«These allegations represent a shameful breach of the public trust — and we will hold those responsible to account,» Schneiderman said at the time.

Embattled former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has failed in his bid to regain freedom after being docked on Wednesday on a six - count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust...

He introduced a bill last month to strip pensions from state and local public officials convicted of a felony if the crime is a «breach of public trust.»

Embattled former Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has failed in his bid to regain freedom after being docked on Wednesday on a six - count charge bordering on alleged procurement fraud and breach of public trust to the tune of N2.1 billion before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja by the EFCC.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

In a statement, Mr. Schneiderman blasted Mr. Ortt and called his alleged activities «a shameful breach of the public trust.»

Broadly, the bill would clear the way for voters to amend the state constitution to block «any state or local officer» from collecting a public pension if he or she is convicted of «a felony involving a breach of the public trust.»

Volkswagen's emissions issue, where its diesel engines were programmed to get around test standards, has left some critics wondering if the German automaker will make it through this breach of public trust.

The report documents that the U.S. is working hand in glove with Big Oil to weaken the Directive and delay its implementation.The influence of Big Oil on U.S. - Europe trade talks highlights the breach of public trust in the whole process.

To Strauss, this routine muzzling represents a misuse of government resources and a breach of the public trust.