Sentences with phrase «charges against politicians»

Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed prepared to overturn the 2014 corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and perhaps make it harder for prosecutors to bring charges against politicians who provide favors for their benefactors.

But the desire for justice and retribution is deep and complicated, and Iceland has taken an unusual step in the strange annals of the world financial crisis: it is pursuing criminal charges against a politician, former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, for his government's failure to avert the catastrophe.

Not exact matches

The charges against the pair related to nearly a decade of foreign work they did for the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian politicians before they joined Trump's campaign.

with the caveat that I think credible (e.g. charges being brought, pattern of behavior, etc.) allegations against politicians should absolutely be made public because 1.

In coming days, prosecutors are expected to call witnesses tied to additional charges against Silver: That he profited from legal work sent to a second law firm in Manhattan by mega-landlord Glenwood Management and another real estate developer in return for the politician's alleged backing of real estate legislation.

A left - leaning group is asking the state's top politicians to give back donations from a hedge fund manager who made racially charged comments against New York's only black female legislative leader.

But using the standard that Bharara used in the Silver case (and, arguably, his case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was busted on similar charges and is also appealing his conviction), the prisons would be filled with people who made a campaign contribution so they can get a meeting with a politician.

We spoke with Council Member Fernando Cabrera about the mayor's race, his endorsement and the impact of recent corruption charges against Bronx politicians.

Whatever the outcome of Stevenson's case, the accusations alone — which came just days after corruption charges against two other elected officials — seem to have chipped off another chunk of the public's brittle trust of politicians.

After all, did anyone suggest white politicians were inherently dirty when charges were brought against former Comptroller Alan Hevesi or Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno?

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara ominously told state politicians to «stay tuned» after he brought charges against Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, forcing the Democrat to relinquish the speaker post he held for more than two decades.

A number of politicians who hope to replace Cuomo have their own ideas of how the office should lead the charge against corruption in Albany.

Harendra Singh, the businessman at the center of the corruption scandal that has led to federal bribery charges against two top Nassau politicians, began his restaurant career modestly.

And the Republican says she is disturbed though that federal charges against another Albany politician, puts a bad light on all representatives in state government.

Once of Albany's most powerful politicians, the Lower East Side Democrat became the target of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's crusade against Albany's culture of corruption, and was found guilty of charges including honest wire fraud, extortion, and money laundering in 2015.

The case — along with corruption charges against another of Albany's most powerful politicians, State Senate Leader Dean Skelos, has rocked Albany this year.

The cases against the former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos include charges that they used their posts to gain favors from real estate developers, who are among the largest campaign contributors to top politicians.

But she says if a politician is using campaign donor money to pay for a legal defense against criminal charges, then it would be better to set up a separate fund for that.

As an expected announcement of criminal charges against New York Senate Leader Dean Skelos approaches, names of potential replacements for the politician are surfacing.

And in 2013, he announced charges against six politicians as the governor was preparing a tour to tout passage of his budget.

The jury announced their partial verdict, but will continue their eleventh day of contentious deliberations on the rest of the corruption charges against the defiant politician and his son Pedro G. Espada, who also faces eight undecided counts.

ALBANY — For the second time this year, criminal charges against one of Albany's most powerful politicians appear to involve Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management.

Last week, a judge in Verona dismissed a host of criminal charges against veterinary researcher and former politician Ilaria Capua, including allegations that she deliberately set off avian influenza outbreaks that also caused a human epidemic — a crime that would have been punishable with life imprisonment if proven.