Sentences with phrase «convicted more politicians»

«I have convicted more politicians than any other district attorney in this state's history, and I know the difference between a crook and others,» said Hynes of his host.

Not exact matches

After a year in which Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, respective legislative leaders of both the State Senate and State Assembly, were convicted for defrauding the public for personal gain, politicians in Albany have once again refused to act on preventing corruption and enacting needed ethics reform and running a more open government.

The court's ruling, they warned, could make it more difficult to prosecute and convict crooked politicians.

Since 2010, more than a dozen politicians have been arrested, convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes.

A bill gaining momentum in Albany would deny state pensions to any more public officials convicted of corruption under a practice that now pays out nearly $ 800,000 a year to politicians convicted of crimes.

Silver — one of the most powerful politicians in the state before his arrest last year — was convicted of netting more than $ 5 million in kickbacks in business schemes.

My question stems from a real case in Romania where an important businessman and politician was convicted to 10 years for «money laundering and prejudices to the state of 60 million Euros in the case of ICA privatization» (more details here).

«I wouldn't let my child be alone with someone like famous convicted pedophile 1, famous convicted pedophile 2, or politician» is more likely to be read as «politician is a pedophile.»