Sentences with phrase «close aide»

The measures come after the arrests of prominent upstate developers and a former close aide to the governor.

The governor has portrayed the probe as focused on his former closest aide and a lobbyist who once worked for him.

The Conservative leader noted that Mr Blair had been having a «pretty interesting couple of weeks», in reference to his second interview by police investigating the cash - for - honours allegations and the second arrest of close aide Lord Levy.

He said the allegations against his «longtime friend» and former close aide Joe Percoco is «sad» and «truly disappointing.»

This is the second time in a week that the billboards have become subject of attack by close aides of Fayose because they tower higher than the reach and intellectual capacity of the current warlords in Ekiti.

Providencia Paredes and Carlos McCormick served as close aides to President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy.

Even one of Johnson's closest aides told Politics.co.uk that the mayor would «live to regret» purchasing the weapons.

Nixon went on to critique the governor's record on ethics, saying he closed down a Moreland Act Commission that was actively investigating corruption in state government, and earlier this month saw his former closest aide convicted of bribery.

Percoco, Cuomo's former closest aide who has been described as being like a «brother» to the governor, was found guilty of participating in two bribery schemes, where he netted $ 300,000.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the last two days has sidestepped questions about the departure of Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney who has charged his former close aide in a sweeping bribery and bid rigging case.

When the two Democrats dined in the backroom of an East Midtown restaurant Tuesday night with close aides, the conversation centered on their challenged relationship and «didn't go well,» according to one source.

Two of Jerry John Rawlings» closest aides during his time in office, Nana Ato Dadzie and Kwamina Ahwoi, say they did not know about his acceptance of some $ 2 million from the late Nigerian President, Sani Abacha, contrary to the ex-leader's claim they knew about it.

Hillary Clinton's closest aides kept an arm's length away from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio throughout the Democratic primary campaign as he sought to build his relationship with the presumptive nominee.

The Labour leader's closest aides admit their man has been hurt by highly personalised attacks from within his own side.

According to the New York Pos t, in testimony yesterday, Cheri Young, the wife of Edwards» closest aide testified that Rielle Hunter was stashed in the Young's home to keep the Edwards campaign viable.

The GOP senators» concerns about MacManus's time serving as one of Clinton's closest aides stems from reports that he was one of three of her aides who knew Benghazi was a terrorist attack within minutes of it happening.

Over the course of nearly a month, Freedman exchanged emails with two of Pruitt's closest aides at the EPA, Millan Hupp and Sarah Greenwalt, discussing details of the planned trip to Australia, including the schedule, messaging and policy items to emphasize during the trip.

One of the President's closest aides considered resigning from his post.

Cuomo's former closest aide already has been convicted of bribery.

The state's «population decline, economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & [Cuomo's] closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge» the gov's boast, tweeted Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who hopes to unseat Cuomo in November.

He also said the ongoing corruption trial of Joseph Percoco, Cuomo's former longtime closest aide, also makes the governor vulnerable.

Howe, a longtime Cuomo associate and a onetime close aide to former Gov. Mario Cuomo, served as a lobbyist for the companies that paid Percoco.

That was short - lived and that didn't happen,» said Cuomo, one of whose closest aides now works for Madison Square Garden.

Catsimatidis said the heavy focus was on how to use the upcoming federal corruption trials of former Cuomo aides and associates, including one set to begin next week involving long - time close aide and friend Joseph Percoco, against the governor.

Looking further back, the piece states that Miliband was so unhappy that he had failed to mention the deficit in his party conference speech he shut himself in his hotel room with his wife and a few close aides.

The push for those changes were prompted in part by the arrest last year of a formerly close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic, accused alongside prominent upstate developers of bribery and kickbacks in economic development spending.

Brown's close aide Douglas Alexander said in a Washington D.C speech, «In the 21st century, strength should be measured on what we can build together... we need to demonstrate by our deeds, words and our actions that we are internationalist, not isolationist, multilateralist, not unilateralist, active and not passive, and driven by core values, consistently applied, not special interests».

Hevesi's closest aides thought Spitzer's new view on Hevesi an overreaction — «criminal» and «mad dog» were terms used.

David Cameron's farewell honours list torn to pieces by Cabinet Office after he chooses closest aides

The announced departure of Trump's communications director and close aide comes a

Jean Rabasse's meticulous production design and Madeline Fontaine's splendid costumes contribute to the eerie sense of being transported back to the stiffer, more formal world of half a century ago (even if the slouchy Greta Gerwig, as Jackie's closest aide Nancy Tuckerman, sometimes breaks the spell).

This time, it revolves around a man who, gunned down in the escalating violence in Guatemala, leaves a videotape after his death implicating the president, his wife, and other close aides in his killing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement on Tuesday afternoon reacted to the corruption conviction of his former close aide Joe Percoco, calling the jury's decision painful for him personally, but also for Percoco's family.

In new evidence that the former Labour PM was always briefing against colleagues Darling will accuse Brown of «making bullets» which were then fired at him by close aides;

The federal investigation into economic development programs was sweeping in its scope — included the use of subpoenas and search warrants to gather the banking, email and phone records of a number of close aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Percoco, Cuomo's former closest aide who has been described as being like a «brother» to the governor, was found guilty of participating in two bribery schemes, where he netted nearly $ 300,000.

When the two Democrats dined in the backroom of an East Midtown restaurant Tuesday night with close aides, the conversation centered on their challenged relationship and «didn't go well,» according to a person briefed on the matter.

Ragone, who left the administration in early 2015, was considered de Blasio's closest aide during the mayor's first year in office.

The emails also reveal Hillary Clinton's closest aides kept an arm's length away from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio throughout the Democratic primary campaign as he sought to build his relationship with the presumptive nominee.

After little more than four months in the hot seat, Corbyn's closest aides admit the kindly veteran is wounded by highly personalised red - on - red attacks from parliamentary comrades.

The governor said the 90 - day deletion policy dates to the administration of former governor Eliot Spitzer, but it then only applied to the governor's closest aides in the executive chamber.

It's not clear what the source of the decline is, but it does come as the corruption trial of his former close aide Joe Percoco is underway in New York City.

Trump enjoys the company of his preferred staffers in the Oval Office for much of the day, where the president often asks his closest aides to weigh in on subjects far outside of their professional expertise.

The probe has evolved dramatically over the last year, resulting in a number of federal charges against some of Trump's closest aides and some Russian operatives.

Jim Manley, who worked for years as a close aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, says it's up to the re-elected president.

Bolstering the complaint by Trump and his close aides that Washington insiders are determined to undermine him, Sessions said the Justice Department has received about as many criminal referrals regarding leaks in the first six months of this year as in the previous three years combined.

One of the president's closest aides, Hope Hicks, is leaving and may be facing her own legal woes.

Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of the president's closest aides, last week announced plans to exit.

Many of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's closest aides, including (left to right) Samantha Dravis, Pasquale «Nino» Perrotta, Albert «Kell» Kelly and Liz Bowman, have left the agency in the past month.