Sentences with phrase «by government witness»

Attorney Barry Bohrer was defending longtime Cuomo confidante Joseph Percoco when he repeatedly highlighted for several hours lies and crimes committed by government witness Todd Howe before Howe responded angrily.

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Matanov told an unidentified witness cooperating with the government that «the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or the attack had been done by the Taliban,» according to the papers.

Witness the new rules for takeovers by «state - owned enterprises» — companies owned by a foreign government — recently unveiled in the budget omnibus bill.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP said the DOJ's case is a «house of cards» that relies on the economic model by University of California Berkeley economist Carl Shapiro, an expert witness for the government.

What purpose of love or witness does preempting irrational behavior by the government serve?

And if they eschewed the economic benefits of reserved places in government service by refusing to claim any relationship with their ancestors castes, this was as much a testimony to their sense of dignity as human beings as it was a witness to their Christian faith.

Earlier this year, the country's Supreme Court heeded a request by the government to recognise the Jehovah's Witnesses movement as «extremist».

But the 2004 Taguba Report on the Abu Ghraib abuses found «that contrary to the provision of AR 190 - 8, and the findings found in MG Ryder's Report, Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators and Other US Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses» and that this request was part of what led to the abuses by the reservist MP unit at the prison.

When this man handed you a pamphlet you took it no matter what the subject: the dangers of atomic power plants, the role played by the International Jewish Cartel in the overthrow of friendly governments, the CIA - Contra - cocaine connection, the farm workers» unions, the Jehovah's Witnesses (If You Can Answer These Ten Questions «Yes,» You Have Been SAVED!)

Closer to home we have only just witnessed how widespread calls to end the live export of animals to be slaughtered overseas are easily ignored by the Australian Government when the financial implications to the industry become evident.

The way in which we keep, or do not keep, the promises that we vow and the commitments that we make on our wedding day to our future spouse, before God, a celebrant authorised by the government to receive such declarations and probably anywhere between two and two - hundred witnesses, will unquestionably be a direct reflection of our own integrity, loyalty and faithfulness to our marriage partner.

The state under his watch had witnessed series of upheavals in the last two weeks as a result of alleged plan by his government to cede public schools to private investors.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

Witnessing the destruction of our islands from afar during that time has upset us deeply, as has the refusal by successive British governments to allow us to return to the islands, even just to visit and tend to the graves of our ancestors.

The retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be delayed by up to two weeks due to the medical problems of Dr. Robert Taub, a star witness for the government.

The region is witnessing the construction of a public University as part of efforts by government to ensure that all ten regions get state universities.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by the Trump administration but says he was terminated because he is a crucial witness in the Russia investigation, is raising funds to help cover costs defending against other ongoing government probes.

By the time that Todd Howe, the Albany insider turned government witness, begins his testimony in the Percoco trial this coming week, his reputation as a routine liar will have already preceded him.

«We are sad, to witness, how youths and unarmed people of Bayelsa State, particularly in the Southern Ijaw Local Government, were harassed, abused and assaulted as they went to exercise their fundamental right to vote, as provided for by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

«To me, Governor Aregbesola's interventions have been yielding positive fruits as many of the state's projects have witnessed huge replication by various governments.

Greeks have witnessed discussions shift from $ 1 billion in additional measures (last proposal put forth by the New Democracy - PASOK government following demands from creditors), to over $ 10 billion in additional measures last month, to today's «Greekment» according to which Greece will undergo harsher austerity (for next three years) than at any other point since the crisis began.

In the motion filed by federal government lawyer, Mr. Oladipo Opeseyi (SAN), the applicant also applied for an order to permit the witnesses to be addressed with Pseudo names in the cause of the trial of the Ex-NSA.

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.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

The event, witnessed by Deputy Governor and Chairman of Ondo State Amnesty Committee, Agboola Ajayi, representatives of Delta State government, the Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base at Igbokoda, Navy Captain Usman Yahaya, among others, was seen as the solution to restoring peace in the riverine area.

Bonomo, who was a star government witness against corrupt former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was largely sidelined as CEO of Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, the state's second - largest malpractice insurer, according to a January report by the Albany Times Union.

The government's key witness in the corruption retrial of Sheldon Silver used Hebrew code to tell the then - Assembly speaker in 2014 that he had been visited by FBI...

He said the claim by the government that it has improved the economy can only be seen on paper as Ghanaians are yet to witness any significant change.

When this partnership with citizens are called into question by acts of excessive force on the part of the enforcers of the law, such as we witnessed during the march, when unarmed peaceful protestors were physically assaulted resulting in severe injuries; it is seen as a symptom of an ailing system championed by a failing government who seek to curtail the right of its citizens to exercise their constitutionally mandated rights.

He said, «the open display of contempt for free, fair and transparent election by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari as being witnessed in Rivers State presently is capable of setting Nigeria on the path of anarchy.»

And contrary to the government's claim that the post was a «low - show» job — «Percoco taught the curriculum less than a dozen times on average, with each class typically lasting less than [two] hours,» the government said recently — the defense maintains that her «compensation was reasonable,» an opinion shared by an economist it intends to call as an expert witness.

Among witnesses called by the government was Dr. Robert Taub, who said he steered numerous clients with cancer caused by asbestos to Silver's law firm, enabling the legislator to pocket $ 3 million in referral fees.

Chogah, the second prosecution witness, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that as cashier of the Government House, he was directed by his boss, Aluga, the third defendant, to collect a remittance of N450 million.

$ 2billion Armsgate: Witness Gives details of $ 47million delivered to Dasuki More details have emerged on how huge cash estimated at $ 2billion meant for arms purchase was allegedly diverted by key government officials and politicians.

The governors of New York and New Jersey planned a cover story to contain political fallout from the massive traffic jams caused by lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, the government's star witness testified Tuesday.

The government's key witness in the corruption retrial of Sheldon Silver used Hebrew code to tell the then - Assembly speaker in 2014 that he had been visited by FBI agents who were poking around the powerful politician's finances, it was revealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

A prosecution witness, Mr Williams Obiara, an operative of DSS, who testified behind a veil, was requested by the prosecution counsel, Oladipupo Okpeseyi SAN, to identify and display in the open court the weapons allegedly found in Dasuki's house in 2015, four days after the change of government.

Those witnesses that could claim to be either a member of, or employed by, the Government (that is, Ministers, quango employees, and civil servants) manage to achieve a greater degree of representativeness.

Doug Burns, a former Eastern District prosecutor from Nassau County, said the «cardinal rule» in the government's use of a cooperating witness is «whether or not what they say can be backed up or corroborated by other evidence in the case.»

The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

Howe's testimony on Tuesday, his second day as the government's star witness, drew back the curtain on the Cuomo campaign's fundraising practices and how some donors were instructed to skirt donor laws by funneling money through limited liability companies.

Smith's attorney says the senator was a victim of a government sting operation by a «cooperating witness,» Moses Stern, a Rockland County businessman who has boasted of sway in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and was seeking leniency for federal charges he was facing for allegedly defrauding Citigroup of $ 126 million.

Four years later, Taub is poised to be a star government witness as Silver's high - stakes corruption trial begins Monday in federal court in Manhattan on charges that the now ex-speaker used his Albany power to line his pockets with nearly $ 4 million by delivering — for a price.

The government continued to hone this version of Silver with its next witness, Victor Franco Jr. the Assembly's deputy budget director who was appearing after being subpoenaed by the government.

The Federal Government decried that most of the witnesses, being security operatives, were scared that they could be hunted by people that are sympathetic to the defendant.

Attorneys for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his co-defendant and son, Adam, argue that a star witness in their upcoming retrial violated his non-prosecution agreement with the federal government by engaging in «rampant fraud and other misconduct.»

After a month of testimony from government witnesses outlining an alleged bribery and corruption scheme that they said was carried out by one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former top aides, the defense quickly rested on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments that will begin on Tuesday.

Witness this obviously out - of - touch paean from the Republican candidate who carried Ulster by 1,754 votes last year: «A county executive with backbone can make a real difference for families struggling with ever increasing property taxes and the government waste and corruption that drives them,» Astorino asserted in a prepared statement.