Sentences with phrase «convict politicians by»
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Since then, individual soldiers, politicians, and heads of state (including Charles Taylor of Liberia and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia) have been tried and convicted by the Court.
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«Convicted politicians should not grow old comfortably, cushioned by a pension paid for by the very people they betrayed in office,» Bharara said.
His corruption trial and the continuing corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) have revived calls by good - government groups and some legislators to deny or restrict pensions for convicted politicians.
He became a pop - culture as well as a legal star during his nearly eight years in office — not just by convicting Wall Street fraudsters, international arms dealers, and two of New York state's top - three politicians, but by doing it with a flair for the headline - stoking phrase.
A lawmaker who was one of New York's most powerful politicians has been convicted by a federal jury of charges that he used the power of his office to earn $ 5 million illegally.
Among the sitting Albany politicians who have been prosecuted and convicted by Mr. Bharara's office are Eric A. Stevenson and Nelson L. Castro, two former Bronx Democratic assemblymen; and Carl Kruger, a former Democratic state senator from Brooklyn.
O'Mara said all politicians were hurt by corruption, and other Republicans have noted that Democrats, too, have been convicted and they made none of the changes they are currently promising when they held the majority in 2009 and 2010.
The conviction and hefty sentence — the second highest for a state politician convicted of corruption in the past decade — has capped a stellar run of Albany and New York City corruption cases brought by Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and federal authorities in Brooklyn.
«Convicted politicians should lose pensions paid for by taxpayers they betrayed,» Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara tweeted about the ruling.
The common - sense principle is a simple one: Convicted politicians should not grow old comfortably cushioned by a pension paid for by the very people they betrayed in office.»