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USA Gymnastics needs a «complete cultural change» after not doing enough to educate its staff, members and athletes about protecting children from sexual abuse and failing to ensure that safeguards were being followed, according to a critical review by a former federal prosecutor.
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«We don't know exactly what McGahn said, but the mere fact that he put a stop to that letter is another piece of evidence that Mueller could use to say, «Donald Trump was warned by the White House counsel that this was a problematic step and decided to do it anyway,»» former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Business Insider in September.
But the account echoed wording in a comment made a day earlier to The Associated Press by longtime Comey friend Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor, who said the president had removed «somebody unwilling to pledge absolute loyalty to him.»
«Group after group and committee after committee within GM that reviewed the issue failed to take action or acted too slowly,» Anton Valukas, the former federal prosecutor hired by the automaker to investigate the reason for the delay, said in a 315 - page report.
Former federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of NewFormer federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of Newformer and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
A former U.S. Army sergeant and two other U.S. citizens were found guilty by a jury in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday of taking part in a plot to murder a woman in the Philippines for money, prosecutors said.
The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37 - page letter last year that triggered the internal probe and drew the attention of federal prosecutors, who are still investigating.
Peter Cutler, a longtime Democratic Party insider in Erie County and former Cuomo administration aide, says he has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors looking into the expanding Buffalo Billion economic development investigation, and plans to cooperate fully with the probe.
Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted Sen. John Sampson whose job was nebulous — at best — is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming corruption probe.
The corruption conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday was overturned by a federal appeals court, dealing yet another blow to the prosecutors who had sought to crack down on Albany's unseemly way of doing business.
A battle between Rep. Dan Donovan and his GOP primary opponent, former Rep. Michael Grimm, over the Reform Party line has been referred by the state Board of Elections to federal prosecutors.
After acknowledging the economic development program is under federal investigation and possible wrongdoing revealed by the inquiry, the Cuomo administration hired a former prosecutor to review contracts related to the Buffalo Billion.
The bill backed by Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, would also apply to party committee leaders from receiving consulting fees from state and local authorities either directly or through companies in which they hold a 10 percent ownership stake.
A federal judge delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a pre-sentencing hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors are accurate and should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
An opinion by an Oyster Bay attorney that the town could not provide a loan guarantee legally for restaurateur Harendra Singh's businesses set off a chain of events in which former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's law firm was hired to devise a way get around it, federal prosecutors allege.
In 2014, Katko, a former federal prosecutor, ousted former Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei by 19 percentage points.
The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.
The measure was sponsored by Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Island and a former federal prosecutor.
For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.
I fully concur with Senator Ball on this one.Leibell and company dishonestly framed this all as reasonable requests for leniency, as if what he had done was not so bad (and as if he had contritely cooperated with authorities), when in fact the former State Senator has been defiant in NOT helping Federal prosecutors — AND some of the letters in Leibell's behalf came from people who are still being actively investigated by Federal prosecutors.
The internal review will be conducted by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor who now works as an independent investigator, according to David's statement, which was released shortly after 5 p.m. — and minutes after the News article was posted online.
Cohen is blocked from commodities trading until 2018 due to an investigation by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney who did not make life easy for the governor during his years as a federal prosecutor.
«This puts an executive and legislative check on them by allowing their appointees call them in front of a commission,» said Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Nassau County), a former federal prosecutor who opposes the measure.
Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.
Meanwhile, the former top legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly are being retried by federal prosecutors after their corruption convictions were overturned.
The top two leadership posts in the State Senate has changed hands due former Majority Leader Dean Skelos being forced to step down after being indicted by federal prosecutors on bribery and extortion charges a few months ago.
The quasi-public Fuller Road and Fort Schuyler, placed into ESD custodianship after federal and state prosecutors alleged that bidding processes for construction projects had been rigged by former SUNY Poly president Alain Kaloyeros and others (all of whom maintain their innocence), have not entirely allayed concerns about transparency under their new leadership.
Money laundering was among the many favors that Harendra Singh performed for former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, according to a recently unsealed motion filed by federal prosecutors.
«He was very much trusted by the governor, including handling such sensitive matters,» said Lacewell, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn who joined Cuomo when he was serving as attorney general.
The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the Trump administration last year along with other federal prosecutors.
Cuomo, meanwhile, was described by one associate as «edgily nervous» about the next move to be made by federal prosecutor Bharara, whose successful prosecutions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) and startling admonition to «stay tuned» has led to widespread speculation that the governor is his next target.
«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature.
Cuomo also said he had ordered an internal investigation, parallel to the U.S. Attorney's inquiry, which is being headed by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor.
Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach), a former federal prosecutor, cast himself as the anticorruption candidate as he announced his candidacy for the State Senate seat vacated by Dean Skelos, who was convicted of bribery, extortion, and conspiracy charges in December.
Bart Schwartz, the former federal prosecutor hired by Cuomo to investigate potential fraud in the state's Buffalo Billion program, has retained New York City PR firm Montieth & Co..
The charges against Percoco were brought by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by President Donald Trump last year along with other federal prosecutors.
If you're looking for a guide to the upcoming federal corruption trial of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and businessmen Peter Galbraith Kelly, Jr., Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, look no further than the jury questionnaire recently agreed to by prosecutors and the defense.
Long Island Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a former federal prosecutor, officially announced his campaign for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and was immediately endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (via press release).
Steven Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who has worked under Cuomo in the attorney general's and governor's office, dismissed speculation that Cuomo could be harmed by the trial.
The margin in favor of Mr. Kaminsky, an assemblyman and former federal prosecutor, over Republican Christopher T. McGrath, a personal injury lawyer, stood at 780 votes out of some 68,000 cast by Nassau County residents on the South Shore.
During the recent trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, federal prosecutors presented a 54 - page document itemizing millions in political spending by real estate giant Glenwood Management, sums that had been parceled out through more than 20 limited liability companies.
A federal judge Friday delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.
Reich noted that Queens Democrats also sided with Leroy Comrie's challenge to then - senator Malcolm Smith, a former Democratic Conference leader who joined the IDC but was expelled after he was indicted by federal prosecutors.
Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted state senator, is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming probe.
Cuomo has commissioned a concomitant review by Bart Schwartz, a former federal prosecutor.
Nine former associates of Governor Cuomo, including a former top aide, have been charged by federal prosecutors with corruption including bribery and bid rigging in connection with the procurement of contracts for some of the Governor's largest economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.
The papers, which respond to arguments raised by the attorney of the former aide, Joe Percoco, push back against claims federal prosecutors did not provide defense lawyers enough time to respond before the trial begins early next year.
A former federal prosecutor, Ms. Biben is a highly qualified individual who is well respected by her peers throughout the legal community.
«He fought to uphold the law and bring justice to those who break it as a former federal prosecutor, and he's continued that commitment by fighting for stronger ethics laws in the state legislature,» Cuomo said.