Sentences with phrase «federal informant»

Cooper and his writers find their dramatic motor in the rise and fall of John Connolly (Joel Edgerton), the FBI agent who grew up in the South Boston projects and who, in this version, worships Whitey so much that he brings him in as a federal informant to rat on the North End mafia.

Attempts to turn him into a federal informant backfired and the result was a shootout at his home on Ruby Ridge that led to the death of Weaver's wife and son as well as a U.S. marshal and inflamed anti-government sentiment.

A Bronx Assemblyman who turned wire - wearing federal informant was sentenced to two years of probation on Thursday for lying to investigators.

Interviews with Arredondo, the former pump technician, and Juan, a cartel member and admitted killer turned federal informant, show the heavy toll inflicted on people on both sides of the theft.

He ruled his empire with strategy more than violence, despite having to ply his trade in America's murder capital - Detroit; Eddie and Courtney also never became federal informants.

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The informant recalled how Zambada — a pistol holstered to his belt, flanked by a small army of cartel gunmen dressed in federal police uniforms — counted out the kilos.

Trump asserted that federal investigators attempted to infiltrate his 2016 campaign with a confidential informant — a scandalous overreach, he said, that would be «bigger than Watergate!»

A federal judge in California on Thursday temporarily blocked an effort by the attorney for adult - film star Stormy Daniels to depose President TrumpDonald John TrumpUS ends aid for northwest Syria: report FBI informant met with three Trump campaign advisers: report McCabe lawyer fires back at Trump: «You need to stop lying» MORE and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, over a $ 130,000 payment from Cohen to the actress before the 2016 presidential election.

For nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said, a former top official at the Staten Island DA» soffice used his agency's American Express card to buy himself and his family more than $ 400,000 in luxury gifts, resort vacations, even an extensive knife collection, hiding the transactions by logging them under the internal billing code his office used to pay informants and conduct surveillance operations.

According to a 28 - page complaint text released to the public, key to the case were two undercover informants, one which federal authorities describe as being «a man posing as a wealthy real estate developer» and another known only as a «confidential witness.»

Former Queens Councilman Daniel Halloran testified at his federal trial that an envelope of cash he took from someone who turned out to be a government informant wasn't a bribe but a personal loan.

Readers will recall that the last time DA Johnson investigated an election fraud allegation, disgraced ex-Assemblyman Nelson Castro became an informant in a five year state / federal corruption investigation that netted ex-Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, Sigfredo Gonzalez and four Russian co-conspirators.

Senate Minority Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerSchumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant «close to crossing a legal line» Patients deserve the «right to try» How the embassy move widens the partisan divide over Israel MORE (D - N.Y.) on Saturday lauded former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after the high - profile federal prosecutor said he was fired earlier in the day.

Former Queens City Councilman Daniel Halloran testified at his federal trial Thursday that an envelope of cash he took from someone who turned out to be a government informant wasn't a bribe but a personal loan.

The Bronx district attorney and later the U.S. Attorney's office allowed Mr. Castro to be an informant instead of facing prison time but with a key caveat: he would have to resign as soon as the federal government ordered him to do so.

The informant is a retired academic who reportedly spoke to three Trump advisers — Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, and Sam Clovis — because of federal government concerns about contacts between Russians and Trump advisers.

That's what suggested in this story, reporting that two federal prosecutors may have breached ethics rules guarding attorney - client confidentiality by using an informant to infiltrate the defense camp and gather information.

The finding came in a reversal and remand of a district court's dismissal of a suit brought by Muslim plaintiffs who claimed they'd been added to the federal no - fly list after refusing to become government informants.

The primary parent was interviewed to determine family structure (eg, married, biological parents, single parent, adoptive parents); degree of contact the primary and secondary informants had with the child (eg, daily, episodic); relationship to the child (eg, biological parent, stepparent); number of children in the home; race (categorical options, including other, were provided to the parent; this was done to meet federal reporting guidelines and, if sufficient variability was reported, to investigate race as a moderator variable in secondary analyses); educational level and occupation of parental informants; and income level.

In 2011, the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center identified and interviewed key informants at the state and national levels to learn about barriers, successful strategies, and possible recommendations for federal policy action in the field of I - ECMH.