Sentences with phrase «charge special elections»

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Last month, Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling, charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities, including the Internet Research Agency, with «violating US criminal laws in order to interfere with US elections and political processes.»

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

Last month, the special counsel's office charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities with conspiring to interfere in the 2016 race by mounting an elaborate social - media disinformation campaign aimed at sowing discord before and after the election.

One of those named is Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire with links to former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort, who has been charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Plus, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charges 13 Russians with interfering in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.

Democrat Lew Fidler just sent out a press release congratulating David Storobin on his victory in the special election for the 27th Senate District seat that has been vacant since Carl Kruger plead guilty to corruption charges.

The race is a closely watched special election to replace Skelos, who was removed from office in December following a conviction on corruption charges.

Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.

First, it was the special election to fill Skelos's seat, who was ousted from office when he was found guilty of federal corruption charges stemming for helping his son's business interests.

A top Russian official dismissed the latest round of indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe as «just blabber» while U.S. officials said the charges made it clear the nation meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

Tthe special elections on Long Island and in Lower Manhattan offer voters a chance to do the unprecedented: to replace, in the space of one day, two former members of New York State's ruling triumvirate, both of whom are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks after being convicted on corruption charges.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

Mr. Storobin and Mr. Fidler are currently running in a spirited special election to replace former State Senator Carl Kruger, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges and resigned last December.

Stephen Anthony, special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland office, said the laws are there to ensure fair, honest and transparent elections.

Gov. David Paterson just sent out a release announcing (for the second time) that there will indeed be a special election on Sept. 15 to replace Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D - Richmond Hill), who resigned in June after pleading guilty to corruption charges.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Nneka Anibeze, directed all Secretaries of the federation to take charge of their various Federations during the election process.

The special elections on Tuesday for the seats formerly held by Dean G. Skelos and Sheldon Silver, the two state legislative leaders who were forced to depart Albany after being convicted on corruption charges last year, were supposed to be a test of how long a shadow corruption could cast on a race.

Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates pleaded guilty Friday to two criminal charges stemming from the special counsel's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, and agreed to...

«The public believes this should be a special election; whether it's a Republican or Democrat who gets elected, they believe they should have a federal representative fighting for their interests,» said New York state Sen. George Winner, who has been leading the charge in the Legislature for a special election.

It is also the day for two special elections to replace the disgraced former leaders of the New York State Legislature, who lost their seats after being convicted on multiple felony corruption charges.

Democrats won two special elections for the New York state Senate Tuesday but Republicans will remain in charge of the chamber after a key Democratic senator who has sided with Republicans announced that he'll stay put.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the special election — held on the same day as the closely watched New York presidential primary — to fill the seat left vacant by Silver, who represented Lower Manhattan for 35 years before he was found guilty of corruption charges related to two separate bribery schemes.

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Kaminsky won an April special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was ousted after he was found guilty on charges of using his official power to aid his son's business interests.

Kaminsky was first elected in an April special election to fill the unexpired term of disgraced former Sen. Dean Skelos, the ex-majority leader who was ousted following his conviction on coruption charges.

It is no wonder why the State Party has done nothing for 2 years with Charlie «do nothing» King and Rich «lose another Special Election» Horner in charge.

Kaminsky was first elected in a special election in April to fill the unexpired term of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican who was ousted after being convicted on charges of using his official powers to aid his son's business interests.

The special election to replace Mr. Kruger took shape when the former state senator pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges and resigned.

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At least seven candidates are in the mix to run in a special election for the State Senate seat vacated last week when Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

Facing a misdemeanor assault charge after an incident with a reporter, Republican Greg Ginaforte won a special election last night to fill the at - large Montana House seat.

A Republican congressional candidate running in a Montana House special election has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he was accused of «body slamming» a reporter before an invent.

The special election is needed because the previous incumbent resigned after being charged with reckless driving.

Assemblyman William Colton, a southern Brooklyn Democrat, is joining a couple of Democrats who are mulling running in a special election to replace Mr. Grimm, who pleaded guilty to a single felony tax evasion charge in December.

A key focus now is on the April 19 special election to fill the Nassau County seat left vacant after the previous majority leader, Dean Skelos, was convicted on felony corruption charges.

Scott called the special election after former Rep. Daisy Baez, a Coral Gables Democrat, resigned after pleading guilty to a perjury charge in an investigation into her residency.

Republicans appear set to remain in charge of the fractured state Senate no matter what happens in the April 19 special election to replace convicted crook Dean Skelos.

Now a lobbyist, Mr. McMahon is quietly floating himself as a candidate for a potential special election in the Staten Island and Brooklyn - based district if Mr. Grimm is found guilty on tax evasion charges and steps aside next year.

In April, Kaminsky won the most expensive special election in state history to fill the seat vacated last year by Dean Skelos (the charges against whom partially involved his dealings with a REBNY executive committeeman).

Grimm may very well be convicted on felony charges, which would force him to give up his seat and spark a special election in the Staten Island / Brooklyn district.

A source close to Flanagan (R - Suffolk) said the deal would involve Cuomo agreeing to do «little if anything» to help Senate Democrats, now just one vote shy of a majority, win the upcoming April 19 special election to replace former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau), who was ousted in December after being convicted on corruption charges.

Scozzafava ultimately gave up her bid in New York's special congressional elections for the 23rd district after conservatives rallied around third - party candidate Doug Hoffman and charged Scozzafava was too liberal on a host of issues including government spending, taxes, and abortion rights.

In Sirico's catering hall in the neighborhood of Dyker Heights, retired corrections officer and community activist Pam Harris managed to beat out Mr. Brook - Krasny's former chief - of - staff Kate Cucco in support from members of the local Democratic county committee — the panel of elected party insiders charged with picking a candidate in a special election.

Yet the special elections on Long Island and in Lower Manhattan offer voters a chance to do the unprecedented: to replace, in the space of one day, two former members of New York State's ruling triumvirate, both of whom are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming weeks after being convicted on corruption charges.

Richardson — who initially won a four - way, 2015 special election on the Working Families Party line — scored a one - year conditional discharge of the charges against her in July, court records show.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has charged an attorney with making false statements related to his 2012 work on behalf of the Ukraine Ministry of Justice — the latest set of charges in the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The Manhattan Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, who was convicted on federal corruption charges in November, will also be determined in a special election on April 19, the day of the New York presidential primary.

State Sen. Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) has received contributions for his Senate campaign totaling $ 599,231.68 since Jan. 1, but this sum reflects the current election cycle and the special election in March, when the seat needed to be filled after Hiram Monserrate was ousted in February for charges related to assaulting his girlfriend.

A second source said Cuomo was so close to Pigeon that in 2010, Gov. David Paterson refused to allow then - Attorney General Cuomo to name a special prosecutor to investigate election - related corruption charges being made against Pigeon — because he felt Cuomo «couldn't be trusted to authorize a fair probe.»

In April, Alice Cancel, a longtime Democratic District leader, won a special election for Silver's seat, after he was convicted by a federal jury on a host of corruption charges.