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The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
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His decision to abandon the suits in their early stages came as he faces a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over his private financial and business dealings.
The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The conclusion came unceremoniously, as prosecutors filed one - paragraph documents telling a federal appeals court they would move to dismiss the indictments.
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.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota, who came into office as a corruption buster but whose own office reportedly is under federal scrutiny, will not seek re-election this November, ending a record 16 years as the county's top prosecutor.
The statement comes as Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is facing an investigation from federal prosecutors over potentially placing undue influence on an Arizona company that employed his son Adam.
Federal prosecutors said the money came from Carlo Lizza & Sons Paving Inc., as well as the Lizza family trust.
The $ 2 million Ippolito did not pay taxes on came from Carlo Lizza & Sons of Old Bethpage, a paving contractor that has worked for the town, as well as a Lizza family trust, federal prosecutors have said.
The mailer from McGrath comes after Kaminsky released his first TV ad of the campaign, which focuses heavily on ethics and fighting government corruption in pointing to the candidate's resume as a federal prosecutor.
As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, it came as something of a surprise when Cuomo admitted he met with federal prosecutors to talk about the corruption case involving his longtime aide, Joseph PercocAs CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, it came as something of a surprise when Cuomo admitted he met with federal prosecutors to talk about the corruption case involving his longtime aide, Joseph Percocas something of a surprise when Cuomo admitted he met with federal prosecutors to talk about the corruption case involving his longtime aide, Joseph Percoco.
The coming retrials of two former New York state politicians, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.
Judge Joel F. Dubina's response to the high court came in a case in which federal prosecutors in Florida had challenged as too lenient a seven - year sentence for a distributor of child pornography.
Such an alleged crime came as a first for Chicago, with the federal prosecutors of the country's third most populous city having never administered any charges related to cryptocurrency trading.