Sentences with phrase «face corruption trials»
The filings show both ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Sen. George Maziarz have used the money to pay for attorneys as they face corruption trials in the new year.
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Time and again they railed against the way the media ignored or glossed over Obama's mistakes, his misstatements, his ties to Tony Rezko, who was facing a corruption trial, and his admitted drug use in his youth.
Percoco is facing a corruption trial in federal court in early 2018.
The four GOPers he referred to who are facing corruption trials this year are former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, ex-Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, former state Sen. George Maziarz, and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto.
Not exact matches
Former Commonwealth Bank IT general manager Jon Waldron is expected to face a six week trial in 2019 on bribery and corruption charges.
A trial date of Oct. 15 has been set for G. Steven Pigeon, a former Erie County Democratic chairman and longtime political operative who faces bribery and corruption charges for allegedly trying to influence a State Supreme Court justice.
Several former Cuomo associates, including a former top aide, face federal corruption trials on charges of bribery and bid - rigging in connection with the contracts for some of the governor's signature economic development projects, including the Buffalo Billion.
A former top aide to Gov. Cuomo faces even more problems than his ongoing corruption trial — he no longer has his cushy job with the Madison Square Garden Co..
After facing two federal corruption trials he was acquitted and then applied to be reimbursed for $ 2.42 million: $ 1 million for funds he spent from his personal bank account, and $ 1.42 million for funds spent from his campaign fund.
They are facing trial on federal corruption - related charges.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continued to fight corruption charges, most notably in the trial involving the Holyland real estate development project in which Olmert faced charges that he accepted bribes from businessmen and stakeholders.
When former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos faces his second corruption trial in June he will already have spent over $ 2 million of his campaign funds on his legal defense.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is facing trial for accepting bribes while surrounded by a cloud of corruption owing to the arrest of his aide Edward Ambrosino.
Former state Sen. George Maziarz is facing trial for alleged campaign - related corruption, and former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano is being prosecuted for charges of local government corruption.
According to him, the EFCC had recently dismissed nine cadet officers for certificate forgery while some other operatives were facing trial for corruption.
The proposals come as former Senate Leader Joe Bruno, a Republican, is on trial for a second time on corruption charges, and two former Senate Democratic leaders face charges of embezzlement and bribery.
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver faces a new trial on public corruption charges, after his earlier conviction was overturned on appeal.
In the case of the $ 99,118 in donations Diaz received, the money was tied to a comparatively small outfit, MJM Construction — not exactly as bold - faced a firm as those that made eye - brow - raising cameos in corruption trials of former elected officials like Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.
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Other former Cuomo associates face federal corruption trials later this year.
He faces a federal corruption trial in February.
He told them he's disappointed that they failed to act on measures to change the way billions of dollars in state contracts are solicited and awarded, even though several of Cuomo's former associates are facing federal trials on corruption charges next year.
The poll comes as Cuomo's former close aide, Joe Percoco, has been on trial facing corruption charges.
Yesterday, defense attorneys for Republican operative Vincent Tabone, who is facing federal corruption charges alongside former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, presented their final witness in the two - week trial: Queens GOP Chairman Robert Beltrani.
A judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the federal corruption trial of Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey who faced 18 counts of bribery, fraud, and corruption.
Former State Senate Leader Dean Skelos was stone - faced and silent as he left a federal courthouse where a jury found him and his son Adam guilty of public corruption charges today, after a four - week trial and just about eight hours of deliberations — but attorneys for both men said they would pursue legal challenges to the verdict.
Christie's name keeps surfacing in a trial stemming from the traffic jam scandal known as Bridgegate, and Cuomo is facing arguably the worst crisis of his governorship after nine people tied to his administration were arrested in a corruption sweep last week.
While his former top aide is the one facing a jury, Gov. Cuomo will be firmly on the hot seat as a blockbuster corruption trial gets underway Monday — one...
Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Lagos, to face trial for alleged corruption.
Joe Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is facing trial on federal corruption charges, «threatened» at least four top state government officials who were considering getting jobs in the private sector, prosecutors claim.
Nine former Cuomo associates, including the governor's former closest aide, also face trials within the next year over an economic development corruption scandal.
He told them he's disappointed that they failed to act on measures to change the way billions of dollars in state contracts are solicited and awarded, even though several of Governor Cuomo's former associates are facing federal trials on corruption charges next year.
Speaking with reporters in New York City on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he does not expect to be called as witness should any of the cases facing nine people charged in a sweeping pay - to - play corruption case go to trial.
His son is facing trial in France for corruption charges and has been accused of stealing millions from state funds.
Observers will be watching to see how well he raises campaign cash, and also how he manages candidate recruitment — especially at a time when he has a number of aging members and two — including his predecessor, Dean Skelos; and his deputy majority leader, Tom Libous; facing federal corruption trials that could result in their abrupt ouster from office.
He argued that President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against corruption is most likely not to be successful in the face of Saraki's trial at the CCT.
«Though many of them were exonerated after due trial, but for the fact that they had faced charges of corruption, they should have been excused from the bench,» Obono - Obla said.
Percoco faces even more problems than his ongoing corruption trial, as he no longer has his cushy job with the Madison Square Garden Co..
Though former State Senator George Maziarz is the one facing corruption charges in an upcoming trial, many of the familiar leaders of Niagara County politics could be injured.
The surprise arrangement, signed off by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and an Albany County judge on Friday afternoon, put to an end Maziarz's corruption trial scheduled for next week in a case in which he was facing five felony counts.
Menendez's trial began on Sept. 6, and he is facing charges of bribery and corruption for using his office to benefit his friend and co-defendant Salomon Melgen.
In addition, the former Speaker of the Assembly is in court facing federal corruption charges, and the most recent leader of the Senate, Dean Skelos, goes on trial Nov. 16 in federal court on charges that he monetized his office to get a job and other favors for his own son.
The governor's former closest aide, Joe Percoco was convicted on federal corruption charges earlier this month, and several more former Cuomo associates face trial later this year.
Turner, who is facing trial over allegations of corruption, has filed applications seeking bail and reversal of an interim order of forfeiture of his properties issued by the FHC in Port Harcourt.
Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will face a new criminal trial on four corruption charges that a jury deadlocked on yesterday during his initial fraud and embezzlement trial, The Post has learned.
Bruno also admitted in the spring of 2009 (while out - of - power and facing trial on corruption charges) that he personally favored same - sex marriage but never brought it the floor of the State Senate because the majority of his conference was against it, stating «This is America, and we have inalienable rights... Life is short, and we should all be afforded the same opportunities and rights to enjoy it.»
Kolb believes Cuomo will face questions surrounding his economic development spending and the corruption trial of his former close aide, set to begin this month.
The non-endorsement comes after Mayor Bill de Blasio's ethics are once again being called into question after a donor testified at a corruption trial of union boss Norman Seabrook how he was able to secure influence and face time with the mayor after contributing to his campaign.
Besides being embroiled in the MTA crisis, two of his top allies face trial on corruption charges, and both Republican and progressive opponents are emboldened to challenge him.
Syracuse, N.Y. — A federal judge has delayed the start of a trial of four men, including two Syracuse business executives, facing corruption charges related to economic development projects in Upstate New York.