Sentences with phrase «deal with the prosecutor»
It's unclear who that would be, but most likely «someone at the center — or close to the center — of this criminal enterprise,» Jens David Ohlin, a professor at Cornell Law School, told Business Insider, adding that the fact Flynn was «charged with and is pleading guilty to such a minor crime suggests a bombshell of a deal with prosecutors.»
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An Albany City Court judge ordered former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry Wojtaszek to pay a $ 1,000 fine for violating a state campaign finance law in 2012, after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.
The embarrassment of seeing their star witness in the trial against Percoco put behind bars for violating his cooperation deal with prosecutors could be another black eye for former crusading Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's legacy, legal and political sources say.
Howe, who pleaded guilty to numerous crimes after cooperating with prosecutors, became a focus of the trial when he admitted violating his deal with prosecutors by improperly trying to recover the cost of a night at a luxury Manhattan hotel from a credit card company.
Wojtaszek pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge last year as part of a deal with prosecutors working on the case against former State Sen. George Maziarz.
Castro resigned April 8 as part of his plea deal with prosecutors, which involved wearing a wire after he was busted on perjury charges — leading to the federal bribery arrest of fellow Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.
Jurors deserve a one - sentence explanation of why Todd Howe was arrested after his testimony Thursday that he tried to commit credit card fraud following his signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors that required him not to commit any more crimes, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Janis Echenberg.
The defense lawyers have contended that Singh lied about bribing Edward Mangano and Venditto, in an attempt to cut a deal with prosecutors and his testimony was aimed at getting a lenient sentence.
Castro was forced to resign as part of a deal with prosecutors to save his skin.
The embarrassment of seeing their star witness in the trial against former long - time Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco put behind bars for violating his cooperation deal with prosecutors could be another black eye for former crusading Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's legacy, legal and political sources say.
The 69 - year - old Scarborough, who resigned from the Assembly in May as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, must also repay $ 54,355 to the state and serve two additional years of «supervised release» once he leaves prison.
When the notoriously temperamental rep decided to carry on his campaign for re-election last year even after his arrest and arraignment by the feds, most insiders expected that he would look to reach a post-November deal with prosecutors that would let him step down from his seat in lieu of doing hard time.
he has scored many scoops, including the smoking - gun letter of FBI whistle - blower Coleen Rowley and broke stories on Arthur Andersen's shredding of Enron documents, President Bill Clinton's deal with prosecutors and several Monica Lewinsky stories.
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He is well - known and respected in the legal community and has gained a well - deserved reputation for being professional, well - prepared, honest and diligent in dealing with prosecutors and judges, while providing an aggressive and spirited defense for his clients.
In addition, he allegedly undermined the integrity of the profession by dealing with prosecutors in a manner that was «abusive, offensive or otherwise inconsistent with the proper tone of a professional communication from a lawyer.»
«I was dealing with a prosecutor who acted in the finest tradition of prosecutors and I did what a good defence lawyer does, which is to make reasonable accommodations when I could and we fought about what we had to fight about.»
Everything went well and we reached a fair deal with the prosecutor.
She also talks about how she builds trust between her and clients, the various legal job roles within the federal public defender office, and the challenges of dealing with prosecutors — even the good ones.
In a legal culture where negotiating a deal with a prosecutor or an investigating magistrate is uncommon, and as in - house counsel has no legal privilege, attorney — client privilege should be a main concern in internal investigations.
Not exact matches
A wave of insider trading cases brought by Manhattan federal prosecutors, meanwhile, resulted in Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam's conviction in 2011 and a $ 1.8 billion settlement and plea deal in 2013 with hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LP.
Legal experts told Business Insider that the plea deal struck by Michael Flynn, the former White House national security adviser, with the special counsel Robert Mueller was most likely evidence that Flynn has damaging information to offer prosecutors on other persons of interest in the Russia investigation.
(Reuters)-- Texas reached a deal with fantasy sports firm FanDuel by which it will halt paid operations on May 2, the state's top prosecutor said on Friday, two months after saying such online operations are illegal gambling.
These are deals by which prosecutors can obtain multimillion - dollar fines from companies facing bribery allegations while sparing them a criminal conviction that would trigger other consequences such as violating covenants signed with lenders or joint - venture partners.
Boz is a prosecutor by background, specifically dealing with child sexual abuse cases.
Ronaldo, 32, signed a new deal to 2021 with the club just over a year ago, but sparked speculation over his future after leading Madrid to the Champions League in June due to his apparent discontent with the club's lack of involvement in a tax case brought against him by Spanish prosecutors.
I am confident that the prosecutors in Florida have ample statutory authority to deal with the case and that the Florida law on self - defense will not be an impediment to achieving justice.
«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who says he's had some experience dealing with the state legislature as a prosecutor.
«It's unclear what rules they will be following, it's unclear how fair that process will be,» said Bharara, who added that he's had some experience dealing with the state Legislature as a prosecutor.
The unique problem posed by Bharara is that few of the tools Cuomo typically uses to beat back problems (and opponents) will be at his disposal when it comes to dealing with the federal prosecutor.
The lawyer for embattled ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn reportedly sat down with special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigators, further indicating that Flynn could be prepping for a plea deal in the expanding investigation into Russian election - meddling.
Parker replied that he's still waiting for a suitable deal with the DA, which he says hasn't been forthcoming because the veteran prosecutor is too afraid of the tabloid newspaper to let him off the hook.
«If there's a shooting up in Buffalo, New York, a young unarmed guy is killed by the police up there, a special prosecutor is supposed to swoop down and deal with it but what happens if something breaks out in Brooklyn a week later and it breaks in Syracuse — how is this person supposed to tell the folks up in Buffalo, «Hold on, I'll be back, I've got ta go to Brooklyn?»»
The first plays to the Republican's experience as a former federal prosecutor, as Katko dealt with border issues while working in El Paso.
When defense lawyer Daniel Gitner first challenged his $ 600 - a-night Waldorf stay while meeting with prosecutors in 2016 as an example of extravagant spending despite his agreement to pay restitution, Howe first brushed it off, saying he had gotten a «deal» and only paid a couple hundred dollars.
But whatever Bharara turns up, or doesn't, Cuomo must deal with the political headache of a publicity - friendly prosecutor digging through emails during a reelection campaign, and raising questions about whether Cuomo's means justify his ends.
The plea deal was reached with a special prosecutor appointed by the Albany County District Attorney's Office.
«This guy, to save his own skin, struck a plea deal with the federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors called it all a bribe deal intended to influence Joseph Percoco, who later took a number of steps — mostly via email — to help the company with a couple of its snags on issues before state government.
And in the long term, Schneiderman would much rather deal with a few angry (likely Republican) prosecutors upstate than be seen as a sell - out by Sharpton, who in fact issued a statement backing the attorney general during the snit with the D.A.s.
He admitted to wearing a wire in office, and abruptly resigned in 2013 as part of a deal with federal prosecutors.
The proposed plea deal with McInerney comes as the special prosecutor is seeking a court order to compel handwriting samples from McInerney and LoPorto.
The Rivers governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election, wondered when Wike turned to a prosecutor, who determined how a supposedly criminal matter should be dealt with.
Both prosecutors have impaneled grand juries to consider charges against the mayor and / or his top political aides, but de Blasio's office today insisted that his meetings with them were not part of any sort of deal.
Answering questions by members of the vetting committee under parliament's appointment committee, the attorney general and minister designate for justice revealed that the independent prosecutor's office to be set up by the President will deal specifically with corruption.
Keir Starmer will use a speech in London to unveil the new single, unified policy, which will outline how police officers and prosecutors will deal with future allegations of child sex abuse.
A defense attorney for Percoco found Howe had disputed a credit charge at a hotel he had stayed at, potentially violating an agreement not to break that law following his plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Seminerio tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) Monday, fueling speculation that he has reached or is close to reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors relating to his indictment on corruption charges.
Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke has pleaded guilty to civil rights and conspiracy charges as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
He made it look like the real deal, too — stuffing the 25 - member panel with current and former prosecutors of both parties, having them deputized by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and laying out procedures for referring any criminal matters they might uncover to law enforcement.