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NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal jury hearing testimony on Tuesday was served a steady diet of «ziti,» the word prosecutors say a former close aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo used as code to refer to bribe payments he received to push forward projects for three businessmen.

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Since then federal grand juries in Las Vegas and other cities have been hearing testimony about the Computer Group.

State and federal grand juries are reportedly hearing evidence about de Blasio administration fund - raising.

A jury was chosen earlier this month to hear the retrial in Manhattan federal court.

The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in New York City, which heard evidence presented by the staff of Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The federal jury was in its first full day of deliberations Friday after hearing over a month of evidence against Joseph Percoco and three businessmen.

A federal judge said she would likely allow the jury in Sheldon Silver's corruption trial to hear evidence that a doctor at the center of kickback allegations disliked the desposed...

The duo had wanted a hearing into their allegation that the government «leaked grand jury information» to the media in violation of secrecy rules — a claim federal authorities denied.

Law enforcement sources tell NY1 that a federal grand jury is continuing to hear testimony about the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner.

A federal grand jury in Manhattan has begun hearing evidence in the case, which focuses on two de Blasio fund - raisers — Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg — with investigators trying to determine if the two men benefited from some type of favorable municipal action, or the promise of some action, in exchange for their donations, their fund - raising or some other gesture.

Federal and state grand juries have been convened to hear testimony in the cases involving City Hall, but de Blasio said Wednesday that he hasn't testified before either one.

Separate grand juries have reportedly begun hearing evidence related to the state and federal corruption investigations into the de Blasio administration.

Meanwhile, state and federal grand juries have been hearing testimony related to the separate probes into the de Blasio administration's fund - raising.

Mayor Bill de Blasio fulminated against his two favorite targets — reporters and the rich — when pressed with questions today about the news last night that state and federal grand juries are hearing evidence regarding his political fundraising efforts.

«There are states that have grand juries designed specifically to conduct an investigation and write a report, but you don't get that at the federal level, so it's either indict or you don't hear about the case again,» he said.

Law enforcement sources tell NY1 a federal grand jury is still hearing testimony about Garner's chokehold death.

Then the witnesses will start backpedalling and adding qualifications as soon as the jurors start asking them questions (there is no attorney present to object, though the witness can take a time out to consult counsel outside the hearing of the jurors); there will be 18 - 24 of them: independent businessmen, committed church - goers, accountants, etc — the federal grand jury that I sat on had a member of the technical staff of an international pharmaceutical corporation.

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One bit of conventional wisdom that is commonly heard in the defense bar is that defendants should generally remove cases to federal court when they have the right to do so because juries are less prone to extreme verdicts and the judges are more favorable to defendants.

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... a federal court jury began hearing testimony Monday in a defamation suit brought by two law professors against West Publishing.

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A federal grand jury in Phoenix is hearing evidence against Michael Lacey and James Larkin, the founders of the controversial classified - ad website Backpage.com.

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