Sentences with phrase «court on the corruption charges»

«Dr. Peterside is aware that all previous heads of NIMASA ended up either in prison or being charged to court on corruption charges.

Dean Skelos, former New York State Senate Temporary President and Republican Majority Leader, was sentenced today in federal court on corruption charges.

Former President Jacob Zuma appeared in court on corruption charges, kicking off what figures to be a long court battle.

The Justice Department Friday said it plans to take Democratic senator Robert Menendez back to court on corruption charges after a deadlocked jury resulted in a mistrial in November.

Not exact matches

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally arraigned immediate past governor of Benue State, Mr Gabriel Suswam, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, for allegations bothering on money laundering and corruption charges.

Republican former Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam are due in court this morning to be sentenced following their December convictions on corruption charges.

The former Lower East Side assemblyman is undergoing a second trial after the first guilty verdict on corruption charges was nullified by an appeals court.

On appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnelOn appeal, the Second Circuit found that the jury instructions were too broad, permitting the juries to convict the defendants of corruption charges on a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnelon a theory that fell outside the definition of «official act,» which the Supreme Court had provided in McDonnell.

He entered that plea in federal court on Thursday alongside seven other defendants who are all facing corruption charges.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's retrial on corruption charges is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court in Manhattan, but his new shot at vindication is expected to be a virtual carbon copy of the 2015 version that ended in his conviction and a 12 - year prison sentence.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his court in Manhattan agreed Thursday to postpone any retrial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges until the Supreme Court acts on a planned petition to further review his Court acts on a planned petition to further review his case.

The two top former legislative leaders face retrial on corruption charges, and officials involved in Cuomo's signature Buffalo Billion economic development program go to court in the spring.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to Silver's new trial in Manhattan federal cCourt on Tuesday refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to Silver's new trial in Manhattan federal courtcourt.

NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters)- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a leading foreign policy voice in Congress, entered a not guilty plea on corruption charges during a federal court appearance on Thursday and was released without bail.

Attorneys representing former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted, along with his son Adam, on corruption charges, have — like Silver's lawyers — used the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of former Gov. Bob McDonald to appeal the conviction of the ex-Long Island Republican lawmaker.

Dean Skelos, son Adam arrive at court Republican State Sen. Dean Skelos, his son Adam, and their lawyers arrive at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Nov. 17, 2015, the second day of jury selection in their corruption trial on charges of conspiracy, bribery and extortion.

The appellate ruling is part of a multipronged court battle between Tinari forces and dissidents who say the party is still under the control of ex-Conservative chairman Edward Walsh, who is in federal prison after his conviction on corruption charges.

The nation's top court will not hear former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's corruption case, clearing the way for him to be retried on the charges.

Bruno, a Rensselaer County Republican, was acquitted last year of theft of honest services charges — his second corruption trial after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling tossed the previous charge the former lawmaker was found guilty on.

Immediate past president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, appeared in court on Friday to face corruption charges relating to a $ 2.5 billion arms deal.

Silver, who was indicted on a host of federal fraud charges in February, appeared in Manhattan Federal Court Tuesday to plea not guilty to all charges, including additional criminal charges related to his corruption case.

He resigned as speaker Feb. 2, 2015, after being arraigned Jan. 22 on corruption charges in federal court in Manhattan.

Former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, after being sentenced to 12 years on corruption charges.

Dean Skelos, another former top New York legislator convicted on corruption charges, is also asking to stay out of prison on bail while he appeals, based on the same Supreme Court ruling as Silver.

FILE — Dean Skelos, and his son Adam Skelos, leave Manhattan Federal Court after being found guilty on all counts of corruption charges in New York, Dec. 11, 2015.

Former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver got a new lawyer on Thursday, but not a delay in his scheduled April 16 retrial on corruption charges in Manhattan federal court.

Kruger, Turano and Lipsky were among eight men busted Thursday on corruption «pay to play» charges filed in Manhattan federal court, where the senator is accused of collecting more than $ 1 million in bribes.

New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam leave Southern District Federal Court in Manhattan after his initial hearing on corruption charges on Monday, May 4, 2015.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge set former state comptroller Alan Hevesi's sentencing on corruption charges for Friday after four other delays in the Forest Hills resident's sentencing.

The Federal Government failed on Tuesday to produce former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja for trial in relation to corruption charges brought against him by the government.

A former top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo had to appear in federal court Thursday as he prepares to be tried on corruption charges, but all of the drama occurred outside of the courtroom.

Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim leaves U.S. District Court in New Haven in 2003, after he was found guilty on 16 of 21 federal corruption charges.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

Silver's 2015 conviction on corruption charges was overturned last month by a federal appeals court, which remanded the case back to a lower court for retrial.

Federal prosecutors sent indicted state politician Sheldon Silver a letter laying out his likely sentence if he pleaded guilty on all corruption charges — but he never responded, they revealed in court Friday.

ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once among the state's most powerful elected officials, had his federal conviction on corruption charges vacated by an appellate court on Thursday.

He is due back in court on June 1 to answer the corruption charges.

Preet Bharara's big mouth wasn't enough to get corruption charges against a former high - ranking NYPD official tossed out of court on Monday.

The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) on alleged corruption charges was again adjourned by the failure of the Federal Government to produce him in Court for trial.

The trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, in Federal District Court in Manhattan on an eight - count indictment that includes bribery and extortion charges is scheduled to begin today — just as the unrelated corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former speaker of the State Assembly, enters its third week.

The former minister alleged that the partiality in the implementation of the programme was also responsible for the loss of many cases instituted against individuals on charges of corruption in different courts.

US Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey entered a not guilty plea on corruption charges during a federal court appearance and was released without bail.

Jurors in a Manhattan federal court will start hearing testimony next week on charges of bribery and corruption against a former top aide to the governor, Joe Percoco, two Syracuse business executives and an energy company official.

The son of once - powerful ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Adam Skelos, will have to undergo a mental health evaluation while awaiting retrial on corruption charges alongside his dad, according to a court document.

Former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver got a new lawyer, but not a delay in his scheduled April 16 retrial on corruption charges in Manhattan federal court.

Appealing his conviction, lawyers for former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos say he should receive a new trial based on the outcome of a Supreme Court decision outlining how public corruption charges should be interpreted.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to the Manhattan Democrat's new trial in federal cCourt refused to hear former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's bid to block his retrial on corruption charges, paving the way for a planned April 16 start to the Manhattan Democrat's new trial in federal courtcourt.

Lawyers for the defendants deny the charges and have been seeking to toss the case on a number of grounds over the past year, including court decisions in unrelated public corruption cases.

The former assembly speaker, whose conviction on corruption charges was overturned by an appellate court, has long been able to get numbers to work in his favor.

The former head of the Enfield Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization focused on revitalizing the Thompsonville section of town, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal corruption charge in U.S. District Court in New Haven.