Sentences with phrase «bribing republican»

Smith was charged with bribing Republican party officials for a spot on their ballot, for which he'd need a special permission known as a Wilson Pakula because he's a registered Democrat.

Word of that arrest came days after Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors for allegedly bribing Republican party officials to put him on the ballot for mayor.

Former State Sen. Malcolm Smith was found guilty of bribing some Republican leaders, reports say.

Just two days earlier, State Sen. Malcolm Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran were charged with bribing Republican officials to get Smith, a Democrat, on the GOP ballot.

Smith, a Democrat, is accused of trying to bribe Republican officials into letting him run for mayor on the GOP line last year by obtaining a Wilson - Pakula letter.

Halloran, a Republican, was charged with taking more than $ 20,000 in payoffs from two undercover FBI operatives posing as corrupt developers in exchange for agreeing to funnel public cash to them and to help bribe Republican NYC county leaders to allow Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens, to run Row B in the party's mayoral primary.

At the center of the scandal is a powerful state senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat, who bribed Republican GOP county leaders to grant him a waiver to run as Republican in GOP mayoral primaries.

Smith was indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2013, for allegedly plotting to bribe Republican Party officials for a spot on the party's 2013 primary ballot.

Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith of Queens was convicted last month for conspiring to funnel $ 500,000 from a transportation account to a developer, who promised to bribe Republican Party officials to deliver Smith the GOP line for mayor in 2013.

Yesterday, the F.B.I. arrested Councilman Dan Halloran and State Senator Malcolm Smith for allegedly attempting to bribe Republican party officials and also, in the case of Halloran, planning to redirect City Council member items to an undercover agent posing as a real estate developer in exchange for money.

Federal prosecutors alleged that Mr. Smith, a Democrat, tried to bribe Republican county leaders in an unsuccessful attempt to allow him to run on the GOP ballot line.

Not exact matches

Malcolm Smith, the Democratic former Senate majority leader who was convicted of trying to bribe his way onto the New York City Republican mayoral ballot, was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in federal prison.

Both Tabone and Bronx Republican Chairman Jay Savino were acccused of accepting $ 40,000 in bribes in exchange to sign a Wilson - Pakula waiver so Smith, a Democrat and member of the five - member Senate IDC, could run on the Republican line in a mayoral primary.

Because the US is so polarized politically, there is very little chance that a Republican controlled House of Representatives would choose to impeach a Republican President even if there were overwhelming evidence that he had accepted a direct bribe from the Russian government (such as, for hypothetical example, a 19 % interest in the Russian gas company Rosneft) in return for promulgating policies favorable to the Russians, let alone confirmation of the allegations that his Presidential campaign had coordinated election strategy and tactics with the Russians.

Venditto has been a powerful Republican leader until he stepped down after federal prosecutors charged him and County Executive Edward Mangano for taking bribes.

Cuomo actually does come up in the allegations, very tangentially: At one point in the U.S. attorney's complaint, Smith is quoted as having said to an undercover F.B.I. agent, as part of an explanation for why the Republican county chairmen were unlikely to go back on a bribe - based bargain with him, «I got them already asking me about judgeships, because judgeships now come through here, it comes through the governor.»

Bonomo, a major political player in the state, earned fame as the main witness who cooperated with prosecutors to convict former Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (Nassau County) for accepting bribes.

Nearly two weeks after he was accused of trying to bribe his way into Gracie Mansion as a Republican, state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) returned to Albany Monday and was kicked out of the Independent Democratic Conference.

A federal indictment accused Halloran of helping negotiate bribes with Republican Party leaders to get state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis) a spot on the mayoral ballot as a Republican.

A former Republican county legislator, Towle pleaded guilty to taking bribes in 2003.

Three weeks ago, State Senator Malcolm Smith was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way into the Republican Primary for mayor, despite being a registered Democrat.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday upheld former New York City Council member Dan Halloran's conviction for taking bribes and arranging payoffs to help former state Sen. Malcolm Smith get on the 2013 Republican mayoral primary ballot.

Allegedly, Halloran accepted a $ 7,500 bribe from an informant to get his support for State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, to enter the Republican primary for mayor, which Read more»

Curran made no mention of her predecessor, former Republican County Executive Edward Mangano, who goes on trial next month in federal court on charges of taking bribes and gifts from indicted restaurateur Harendra Singh.

Smith was convicted of conspiring with others to bribe Tabone and other New York City county Republican leaders to give him so - called «Wilson - Pakula» certificates allowing a Democrat to run on the GOP ballot.

Halloran is accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations to help fix the Republican mayoral primary for Smith.

The senator, who represents Queens Village, St. Albans and Jamaica, is accused of conspiring in November 2012 with a cooperating witness and an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer to bribe city Republican leaders in order to win Wilson - Pakula certificates.

Senators and Assemblymembers met for the first time since Senator Malcolm Smith was charged with trying to bribe his way onto the Republican New York City Mayoral ticket, among other things, and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was accused of taking thousands of dollars to write legislation to benefit developers of an adult day care center.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan alleges that Smith, a Democrat, bribed Halloran, a Republican, to help guarantee Smith a spot on the Republican ballot in the November election.

The government reform groups say the latest scandal involving Senator Smith's alleged bribes to GOP officials to try to obtain permission to run on the Republican Mayoral ballot once again emphasizes the need to get money out of politics.

One involves State Senator Malcolm Smith, who is accused of trying to bribe his way onto the Republican ticket for Mayor.

The State's Republican Party Chair is calling on two New York City top party officials accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to resign their posts.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, was arrested this morning, along with his son, and charged with six counts of conspiracy, extortion, wire fraud and bribe solicitation.

He was accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in bribes as part of a scheme to get Smith, a Democrat, on the ballot for mayor as a Republican.

According to a criminal complaint, Smith met with an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy real estate developer and agreed to bribe leaders of Republican county committees around New York City.

The charges come just days after state Sen. Malcolm Smith was charged in a wide - ranging corruption scam that alleges he tried to bribe his way on to the Republican ballot for mayor.

The Bronx Republicans are led by Chairman Joseph Savino, who was arrested Tuesday for accepting cash bribes to support Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's attempt to run for mayor as a Republican.

Halloran, Smith and former Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone are accused of trying to get Smith, a Democrat, on the ballot as a Republican for last year's mayoral election by bribing GOP bosses.

He is accused of taking a $ 15,000 cash bribe in return for supporting Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's bid to run for mayor as a Republican.

Smith allegedly also leaned on Republican City Councilman Dan Halloran to find officials who would be open to bribes.

He is accused of taking a $ 25,000 bribe in return for supporting Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's bid to run for mayor as a Republican.

In addition, Halloran and Joseph Savino, chairman of the Bronx Republican Party, had a discussion with an undercover FBI agent about bribing County Chairman 2 to get the chairman to support Smith, according to court papers.

Smith and Halloran are charged with scheming to bribe Tabone and other GOP county leaders in New York City to win permission for Smith to get his name on the 2013 Republican mayoral ballot.

Dan Halloran is a Republican city councilman who is accused of working as a «quarterback» in state Sen. Malcolm Smith's bribery scheme, identifying officials who would be open to bribes and arranging meetings with them, prosecutors said.

His aide, Vincent Tabone, was arrested Tuesday and was accused of accepting cash bribes in return for helping Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith run for mayor as a Republican.

Halloran, a Republican, is running for Congress against Grace Meng, whose father was arrested Tuesday on charges of fraud after allegedly stealing money from a man who wanted to bribe federal prosecutors to reduce tax evasion charges aginst him.

Last week, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced his office, working with the FBI, had brought charges against state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis), City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) and Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vince Tabone, alleging they had orchestrated a plot to bribe Smith's way onto the GOP ticket in the race for mayor.

Voters living between Brighton Beach and Bergen Beach are going to the polls to pick between Councilman Lew Fidler (D — Marine Park) and Republican attorney David Storobin, ending a heated campaign for the seat Kruger gave up last December before pleading guilty to accepting $ 1 million in bribes.

One loud objection over prosecutors» handling of the de Blasio investigation came from lawyers for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican awaiting trial on charges that he also accepted bribes from Singh.

Frederick Mei, a former Oyster Bay deputy town attorney, admitted to taking bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh and another contractor as part of what he described as the «pay - to - play nature» of conducting business in the Republican - controlled town.