Sentences with phrase «efforts by prosecutors»

It is one key change in guidelines stemming from controversial federal investigations that resulted in efforts by prosecutors to obtain journalist records about reporting on national security issues.

Contributions donated to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election bid will be «set aside» and potentially subject to forfeiture efforts by prosecutors, a top New York Democrat on Tuesday evening said.

The 1MDB case has become a signature campaign in the global effort by prosecutors to crack down on kleptocracy and the relative ease with which the superwealthy move their money beyond the oversight of government authorities.

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Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen, however, regarded the searches as an effort by Mr. Mueller to use New York's prosecutors as his proxy, according to two people close to the men.

That the TV prosecutor and one - time senator is «ignoring the letter and spirit» of campaign law by masking an active election bid as an «exploratory» effort and thereby dodging federal reporting requirements.

Republican Paul Massey, one of de Blasio's GOP rivals this year, insisted the story shouldn't end here, however, pointing to the criticism by prosecutors of the mayor's fundraising efforts.

Nonetheless, what prosecutors investigating the State Senate fund - raising effort appear to be seeking, in subpoenas issued this week by the Manhattan district attorney's office, is evidence of a scheme to use the county committees to illegally redistribute contributions to candidates favored by Mr. de Blasio.

That was part of a broader effort, prosecutors alleged, to have Anatabloc studied by state researchers or included in the state's health plan.

The contours of that fund - raising strategy have become familiar, as state prosecutors and F.B.I. agents are now investigating an effort led by Mayor Bill de Blasio to channel donations to a group of Democratic candidates around the state in 2014.

An investigation into the mayor's fundraising practices and efforts to help state Senate Democrats in key battleground races was closed by federal prosecutors, but became an additional irritant for de Blasio during his first term.

Jurors have heard nine weeks of testimony put forth by prosecutors in efforts to buttress their case that Edward Mangano and Venditto took bribes from restaurateur Harendra Singh.

ALBANY — The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city's top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested as a result of police stops.

The repeated and diverse efforts by Senator Skelos, a Long Island Republican, to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to find work, or at least income, for his son could send both men to federal prison.

His efforts to protect his beloved boss, which are now under investigation by federal prosecutors, go far beyond the Stormy Daniels hush agreement.

This is a tactic commonly used by prosecutors against animal owners in an effort to force the animal owner into compliance with the demands of the prosecution.

Minimal effort is required by the prosecutor to confirm such charges.

In another post, he wrote: «One can understand that the prosecutor's office might be embarrassed as a result by the efforts of a bunch of journalism students, but such embarrassment does not warrant a vendetta against them.»

A recent event hosted by Hogan Lovells illustrated the key trends impacting African compliance with national and international anti-corruption efforts, including the approach taken by international prosecutors.

In the article, which was strategically targeted for publication in a state legal journal widely read by 47,000 prosecutors, public defenders, human rights attorneys, judges, and law and policy makers, in the State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, and the affected marginalized communities.

As revealed throughout Part II, prosecutors, probation officers, and judges have many official and unofficial opportunities to make discretionary decisions that directly impact federal sentencing outcomes, and these decisions can be greatly influenced by the efforts of defense counsel at every stage of the federal sentencing process.

(Bloomberg)-- Federal prosecutors won a courtroom victory in their nine - year effort to seize a midtown Manhattan office tower owned by an Iranian charity.