Sentences with phrase «committed while in office»
I too found literature on indictment versus impeachment but understand that the implication and historical application of impeachment deal with crimes committed while in office.
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The Special Counsel's office indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies in February for committing federal crimes while trying to sow discord in the U.S political system, including during the 2016 election.
The defendants allegedly committed the offences between 2006 and 2007 while the former governor was in office.
Sir Eric Miller, knighted in the Lavender List, committed suicide in 1977 while under investigation for fraud; he too had helped fund Harold Wilson's Leader's office.
Count two: «That you Godsday Peter Orubebe, while being a Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on or about June 29, 2011 did make a false declaration in your asset declaration form by failing to declare plot 2059 Asokoro district, Abuja on assumption of office on September 26, 2007 and on June 29, 2011 and you thereby committed an offence under section 15 of the CCB & T Act, and punishable under section 23 (2) of the CCB & T Act.
The playwright further noted that he withdrew his support for former President Goodluck Jonathan because he was becoming authoritarian while in office, alleging that the former president also committed what he described alarming errors of governance.
«And prevent legislators from committing these corrupt acts while in office.»
She said Wednesday that while corruption cases can take months to build, her office remained committed to launching such probes in the wake of Skelos» arrest and last month's arrest of Oyster Bay contractor Harendra Singh on federal bribery charges.
«That you Mohammed Ahmed Katun while serving as an Assistant Director, Pension Department of the Office of Head of Service of the Federation on or about the 14th day of August, 2009 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, obtained by false pretences and with intent to defraud various sums of money amounting in the aggregate to N24, 660,675.00 (Twenty Four Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy Five Naira only) from the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Pension Account held by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria through fraudulent payments described as collective allowances into your bank account maintained with Ecobank Nigeria Limited (former Oceanic International Bank Plc) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.»
Approved in 2007, the original COMPETES legislation committed the government to providing healthy funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, while also setting government - wide spending priorities to be coordinated by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
While I remain committed to using the formal office memo as a useful means to teach students how to convey analysis, I recognize that the use of formal office memos has declined in practice as technology has allowed less formal means of communication.
2d (W.D. Wisc. 2007): The district court enjoined enforcement of the provision of Wisconsin's Code of Judicial Conduct which required judges to recuse themselves if they had, while a judge or candidate for judicial office, previously made statements that «appear [ed] to commit» the judge with respect to an issue in a proceeding.
In essence, if you commit fraud while using your public office to do so, the Code deems that you should be punished more severely than if the same act is committed by a private person.
Even at historically rich valuations, Hong Kong's office market is extremely active while investors in the retail market are waiting for clearer signs of a turnaround before committing.