Sentences with phrase «during testimony about»

During a 2014 hearing, Scott McKee reportedly invoked the Fifth Amendment several times during testimony about the crime.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke looks at notes during testimony about monetary policy before the House Financial Services on Capitol Hill, February 29, 2012.

Comey's firing came not long after the FBI told the Senate Judiciary committee that Comey had misspoken during his testimony about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarding thousands of emails to her husband, former Congressman Anthony Weiner.

Not exact matches

During Comey's testimony about his interactions with the president before the Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this month, Comey said he had no issue with the president releasing possible recordings of their conversations, should they exist.

CNBC's Steve Liesman takes a look at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments about the ETF industry during his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee.

Finally, during his testimony, Mr. Comey discussed a conversation he and I had about a meeting Mr. Comey had with the president.

In his prepared congressional testimony, Zuckerberg said content from one Russian agency that tries to spread misinformation reached about 126 million people on Facebook during a two - year period around the 2016 election.

In addition to information about Page's Moscow trip, the DOJ also provided the FISA court with other evidence suggesting Page misled the committee during his testimony under oath, the Democratic memo said.

But his decision to do so while facing increasing scrutiny — the deepening FBI probe regarding his administration's contact with Russia and damning new Senate testimony from former acting attorney general Sally Yates about Trump's now - fired national security adviser Michael Flynn — instantly recalls Richard Nixon's infamous «Saturday Night Massacre» in which the 37th president purged the Justice Department during the Watergate investigation.

Comey's testimony raises questions about whether Trump obstructed justice in his interactions with the former FBI director, beginning with a dinner on January 27, during which Comey said Trump asked him for his «loyalty.»

Mr. Zuckerberg's notes, which were photographed during the testimony, also contained a prepared response if lawmakers echoed criticism from Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, who has chided Facebook and other companies for collecting gobs of personal information about their users.

During his testimony to the House yesterday Zuckerberg was asked by congressman Mike Doyle when exactly Facebook had first learned about Cambridge Analytica using Facebook data — and whether specifically it had learned about it as a result of the December 2015 Guardian article.

The Senate asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his testimony in front of the joint commerce and judiciary committee about whether Facebook has considered letting users pay to opt out of seeing ads.

During Zuckerberg's testimony before the Senate this afternoon, Senator Gary Peters had asked the CEO if the social network is mining audio from mobile devices — something his constituents have been asking him about, he said.

During his testimony, Stumpf interrupted a detailed exchange saying, «I care about outcomes, not process.»

Additional testimony raised questions about fairness during the settlement talks.

A fair trial must include reliable expert testimony about postpartum psychosis and the woman's diagnosis during the time of the crime.

During about 45 minutes of testimony, residents had said the center would change the neighborhood and increase traffic near the site, on Walker Street near Hampton Avenue, just west of the Theatre of Western Springs parking lot.

If jurors find a defendant guilty of murder, they can take testimony about postpartum issues into consideration during the trial's punishment phase.

Embattled NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye testified before the New York City Council about the collapse of the authority's heating systems during a recent big freeze, with tenants booing and interrupting her testimony.

During closed - door testimony that stretched roughly nine hours, White House communications director Hope Hicks was pressed about whether she had ever lied for Trump — and acknowledged she has had to tell what amounted to white lies, according to a source with direct knowledge of her testimony.

Christie isn't urging people in New Jersey to get to the polls in a tight election, he is promoting his own interview with Charlie Rose on CBS in which he denies all the sworn testimony about him in open court during the Brideggate trial which links him to the lane closures the touched off the scandal.

After weeks of testimony about bank loans and allegations of securities - related fraud, the courtroom spectator section during prosecution arguments filled up once more — to the point where court security officers began sending spectators to an overflow courtroom.

The first highlights — filled with backroom political gossiping — were played during testimony by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Whitestone), who described Skelos» power and explained how his own legislative behavior on issues such as rent control and fracking might have been different if he knew about the behind - the - scenes interests of Skelos.

At 11 a.m., during a joint hearing, members of the NYC Council's Committee on Education and Committee on Health receive testimony about a legislative proposal intended to improve detection of concussions during scholastic football games and practices, and a legislative proposal that would establish a Youth Sports Health and Safety Task Force; Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

Dean Skelos attorney Robert Gage made the disclosure about Mangano at a sidebar on Friday in court, during testimony by Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker, who did receive immunity.

Basil Seggos, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, was questioned by lawmakers about the state's algal bloom problem during his nearly three - hour testimony.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at the Skeloses» bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned Sen. Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye did not tell the truth during her sworn testimony about lead paint inspections before the city council last month, a letter from the Department of Investigation obtained by the Daily News reveals.

Questioned about it during testimony in November before the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Prince dismissed his encounter with Mr. Dmitriev as little more than a chance run - in.

Mangano's grand jury testimony in the Skelos case occurred before the indictment of Singh on Long Island, so prosecutors in the Southern District would have had no reason then to ask him during the Skelos investigation about Singh or possible questionable activities in Oyster Bay.

Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye, a Cuomo appointee, admitted during his Bridgegate testimony that he repeatedly authorized false statements about the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal to the press.

At 11 a.m., Assembly members hear testimony about state regulation and reporting of sales and use of pesticides during a joint public hearing of state lawmakers on the Assembly's Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and Standing Committee on Health; Assembly Hearing Room, room 1923, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio had a bout of memory loss Saturday during his first public comments about the damaging pay - to - play testimony of one of his biggest donors, Jona Rechnitz, though he did call Rechnitz a «liar» and a «horrible human being.»

During his testimony, de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budget and pleaded with lawmakers to, among other things, reject the governor's attempt to claw back more than $ 600 million in savings from a recent debt refinancing and his call for the city to provide more per - pupil funding to charter schools.

During his testimony, Mayor de Blasio raised several concerns about Cuomo's proposed $ 145 billion budge.

Taylor's resignation comes after two weeks in which the Homeless Services Commissioner appeared to have a less - than - full command of data about the city's homeless shelter system during testimony he gave to the City Council, and during a sit - down television interview.

(WBEN) A contrite Carl Paladino addressed his controversial remarks about the Obamas Tuesday and went on to paint himself as a watchdog during the final day of testimony at hearings to decide on his removal from the Buffalo School Board Challenging board attorney Frank Miller at times, the two both...

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at their bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

Mr. Gage objected repeatedly during Mr. Avella's testimony, and Mr. Conniff suggested on cross-examination that the prosecution's questions were largely eliciting his opinion on matters about which he knew no facts.

NEWARK, N.J. — During defense attorney Michael Critchley's cross-examination of David Wildstein at the Bridgegate trial in federal court this morning, the witness said that it was his «understanding» that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to what would later become Port Authority deputy Bill Baroni's legislative testimony about the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

Despite his comments about representing «little people,» Silver was hired as of counsel at the firm Weitz & Luxenberg to bring «prestige» — as one of the name partners put it in testimony during the trial — and he acted primarily as a so - called rainmaker, bringing in lucrative referrals for mesothelioma cases, which paid him a portion of the proceeds from any judgment or settlement.

For example, on 26 July — during a publicity - sapping week before the debt deadline — a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security examined «The Economic Imperative for Enacting Immigration Reform» and heard incisive testimony about the technical and scientific workforce.

During the hearing, he presented five and a half days of testimony about the low - carb diet.

In her public testimony during Connecticut's 2012 education reform bill, Jennifer Alexander of ConnCAN testified that too few teachers were being dismissed for poor performance: «When you look at the distribution of ratings in those systems, you again see only about two percent of teachers, maybe five max, falling at that bottom rating category.»

Click here to read testimony offered during a Congressional hearing in 2008 about the cruelty of horse slaughter.

Speculation about the «tens of thousands» of dogs sold over the Internet was raised as far back as 2005, during testimony before a Congressional subcommittee on federal legislation to amend the Animal Welfare Act.

Everyone knows about it, and during peak season a line outside the door bears testimony to its popularity.Interestingly, it lies in the heart of Mossel Bay's industrial area; not where you would expect to find a coffee shop at all.

That the show has political significance and speaks to the experience of African - Americans is clear from the inclusion of an essay titled «Speaking Truth,» in the catalog by Anita Hill, whose testimony about sexual harassment during Clarence Thomas» confirmation hearings to the U.S. Supreme Court made her a target of public wrath.

In a break during the installation of a new display of her work at The Photographers» Gallery, South African photographer Zanele Muholi is holding forth ardently about the lives of the black lesbian women and trans men she portrays, showing me their portraits alongside their harrowing testimonies of homophobic violence, «curative» rape and extreme prejudice from the medical, religious, legal and political worlds.