Sentences with phrase «by federal investigators»

His efforts for Democratic candidates in 2014 has come under scrutiny by federal investigators for campaign finance practices.

► Michael Ameri - An inspector who was head of the NYPD's Highways Division was questioned by federal investigators in March, but was not considered to be a target of the probe.

One person who has been questioned by federal investigators in the Levy matter has been the county attorney under Levy, Christine Malafi, sources say.

The treasurer of the Bronx Democratic Committee, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, was recently subpoenaed and interviewed by federal investigators looking into Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

ALBANY — The treasurer of the Bronx Democratic Committee was recently subpoenaed and interviewed by federal investigators looking into Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, the Daily News has learned.

The Queens, Brooklyn and former Staten Island GOP chairs all told the Daily News they not only weren't aware of the ballot - rigging scheme, but also were not contacted by federal investigators about it.

Cuomo said he hasn't been questioned directly or indirectly by federal investigators about his actions.

The pipeline will bring natural gas to the $ 1 billion 650 - megawatt Competitive Power Ventures plant in Orange County that is now being eyed by federal investigators after it was revealed the plant owner paid the wife of Joe Percoco, a former senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, more than $ 100,000 in consulting fees.

Last May, Inspector Michael Ameri, the well - respected head of the NYPD's Highways Division, killed himself after he was questioned by federal investigators as a possible witness in the case, after being suspected of obtaining police escorts for friends.

Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Carter Page, Jared Kushner, and Roger Stone were among those being looked at by federal investigators, reports said, amid the FBI and congressional probes into whether any Trump associates acted as agents of the Kremlin, wittingly or not.

Attorneys for Michael Cohen asked a federal judge to appoint a so - called special master to decide which of Cohen's materials seized by federal investigators can be viewed by prosecutors, and late Tuesday gave their choices for the job.

Phone lines belonging to Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, were tapped by federal investigators, and at least one call between the White House and Cohen was caught up in the investigation, according to a report.

Michael Avenatti reacts to the news that Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen was wiretapped by federal investigators before the FBI raid on his offices and home.May.03.2018

Longtime Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen is fighting the seizure of his records by federal investigators in New York, but people close to the president are fretting he might fold if he faces severe charges.

Thursday on MSNBC, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz stated that President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen being wiretapped by federal investigators meant America was «moving closer and closer to the surveillance state.»

The relationship between Singh and de Blasio was at the center of the twin probes by federal investigators.

Today's three - count indictment focuses on the same allegations laid out by federal investigators on Jan. 22.

It's the second time in four months a top legislative leader has been arrested by federal investigators: In January, Democrat Sheldon Silver resigned as Assembly speaker following charges that he accepted nearly $ 4 million in payoffs.

The following are summaries of some of the cases involving Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota and his office that are being examined by federal investigators, according to sources.

New York's new way of doing business is essentially being vetted by federal investigators.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke his silence Monday evening on the investigation of his former top aide Joe Percoco, he noted several times that during the period under examination by federal investigators, Percoco was nothing more than a «consultant» for his re-election campaign.

A Suffolk marketing executive, linked to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano in a reported exchange of sexually suggestive texts, helped promote a 2013 county fundraiser that was touted as helping veterans, but the checks went to a private group whose records have been subpoenaed by federal investigators.

«No one has filed for service retirement with administrative charges pending or has been identified by federal investigators as a target of their investigation,» Roy Richter, the president of the Captain Endowment Association, pointed out.

A U.S. judge ordered the State Department to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.

Rechnitz later testified under oath in the federal corruption trial of disgraced NYC corrections union boss Norman Seabrook to a history of quid - pro-quo with Astorino, most notably helping Astorino obtain a $ 10,000 Rolex Submariner watch, which was later confiscated by federal investigators.

Documents released by federal investigators in June 2005 show that Reed's 2001 campaign for State Chairman was partially financed with contributions from the Choctaws, an Indian gaming tribe represented by Abramoff.

Republicans in the Senate have been previously at odds with de Blasio, but the dispute has taken on a more pronounced posture in recent weeks as the mayor's fundraising activities on behalf of Senate Democrats in 2014 have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

Because of this, those who are contacted by federal investigators should take immediate action by contacting a Los Angeles federal crimes attorney.

A Niagara Falls firm reportedly being eyed by federal investigators is denying its connection to Espada.

He has also agreed to be questioned by federal investigators from the office of the United States attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara — an interview that is expected to occur in the coming days.

Landlord Moishe Indig and other leaders of Williamsburg's Hasidic community are being questioned by federal investigators in their widening probe into Mayor Bill de...

Roy Richter, head of the Captain's Benevolent Association representing chiefs, told CBS2: «I am aware of a federal investigation... A number of my members have been interviewed by federal investigators.

All of the LI Senators have acknowledged being questioned by Federal investigators.

Adam Skelos bought a burner phone, more difficult to trace, and had White mail documents to his home to avoid using emails that could be scooped up by federal investigators, according to court testimony.

The governor say he has not been subpoenaed or questioned by the federal investigators, but says he hopes to be helpful to the probe.

Those proposals include stripping public officials who are convicted of corruption of their pensions, while also new penalties for those who use county committees to circumvent donor limits — another area in which de Blasio has come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

The contract with the firm Guidepost Solutions, led by former federal prosecutor Bart Schwartz, is being retained to investigate projects related to the Buffalo Billion economic development program and SUNY Polytechnic, both of which have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.