Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors before»

«They are old news that's been widely reported and reviewed extensively by federal prosecutors before they closed their investigation.

«His background as a lifelong professional and someone relatively new to politics mirrors the background of District Attorney Rice, who spent her entire career as a local and federal prosecutor before beating a 31 - year Republican incumbent to become district attorney in 2005.»

Katko, R - Camillus, talked of his time as a federal prosecutor before entering politics and of the risks officers face on a day - to - day basis.

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Before approving charges, jurors must believe there's enough evidence to believe a crime was committed, and prosecutors don't usually present indictments unless they believe they can prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt at trial, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti wrote Friday.

KPMG had been struggling in the years before the conduct is said to have occurred, having fared poorly in audit inspections by the PCAOB in 2013 and 2014, federal prosecutors said.

The Swiss federal prosecutor's office opened an investigation into business in North Africa in May 2011, long before Canadian officials became involved.

Lynch, the former top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, said she had been through political transitions before and understands how they work.

Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years before — adult - film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — according to two people familiar with the matter.

Before being elected DA, Thompson served as a federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of New York, where he was a member of the team that successfully prosecuted former NYPD Officer Justin Volpe in the 1997 beating and torture of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.

That scheme is one of two federal prosecutors say Percoco participated in between 2012 and 2016, in which he netted more than $ 300,000 from companies with business before the state in exchange for his taking «official action» on their behalf.

Immediately before he was elected senator in 2015, he was a federal prosecutor in the Brooklyn - based Eastern District, where he served as acting head of the public integrity section.

According to his biography, Washburn has previously served as a federal prosecutor and general counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission, before entering the academia.

But Schumer, a former state assemblyman before being elected to the House, isn't among those clamoring to criticize the federal prosecutor.

A March 8, 2016, story reported that attempts to investigate Suffolk County Conservative Party leader Edward Walsh «were thwarted at every turn by Spota and others,» according to a filing by federal prosecutors a week before jury selection in Walsh's criminal trial was set to begin.

Federal prosecutors want to start Republican New York Rep. Michael Grimm's tax evasion trial in October, a month before Election Day.

In response, however, the EFCC, in a counter affidavit deposed to by one of its prosecutors, Idris Mohammed, lamented that though it had earlier secured an interim order from Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos to freeze Fayose's account, the governor, through Ozekhome, went before Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Ado Ekiti Division of the Federal High Court to obtain an order to unfreeze the account.

Federal prosecutors say he failed to report $ 1 million from his restaurant business in Manhattan before he was first elected to Congress in 2010.

Before his election to Congress, Katko served for more than 15 years as a federal prosecutor in Syracuse for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of New York.

Federal prosecutors allege Percoco solicited bribes from a power company and a developer with business before the state.

A legal source said it's not unusual for federal prosecutors to cast a wide net with subpoenas before closing in on a target.

The papers, which respond to arguments raised by the attorney of the former aide, Joe Percoco, push back against claims federal prosecutors did not provide defense lawyers enough time to respond before the trial begins early next year.

The former federal prosecutor had never held political office before winning the seat in 2014.

Two days before the inauguration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wanted immediate repeal of Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and an investigation into whether the Bush Justice Department illegally fired federal prosecutors.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, predicts that there will be some kind of token reform passed before lawmakers leave for the summer, but he says the real changes are coming not from the state level, but form the federal prosecutor's office.

Venditto — who already is facing separate federal corruption charges — surrendered to prosecutors just before 7 a.m..

«I am so very grateful for the support our campaign has received from thousands of Connecticut residents, who refuse to remain silent in the face of attacks on our rights and our values,» said Mattei, a former federal prosecutor from Hartford who was exploring a run for governor before Jepsen announced he would not seek re-election.

Preet Bharara, the federal prosecutor based in Manhattan, derailed the session before it began by bringing charges first against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and then Senate Majority leader Dean Skelos.

(She switched her enrollment to blank when she went to work as a federal prosecutor in Pennsylvania, and then became a Democrat in 2005 — right before her first campaign in Nassau County).

ALBANY — Federal prosecutors on Thursday spent roughly four hours trying to pluck facts from Jared Abbruzzese, a horse owner and telecom consultant and Republican fund - raiser who struck a $ 20,000 - a-month consulting agreement with former Senate majority leader Joe Bruno, before Bruno's lawyer asked a simpler, pointed question.

That was before he and several other Cuomo administration figures and private businessmen were accused of corruption by federal and state prosecutors.

At a press conference following the fundraiser, McCarthy said he knew of Katko before the former federal prosecutor decided to challenge U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei in the 24th Congressional District race.

THE BRONX — Mayor Bill de Blasio was not granted immunity before speaking with federal and state prosecutors investigating his fundraising activities, according to his press secretary.

About 15 months after the rumors went rampant that federal prosecutors would indict Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, it has happened — 68 days before he is to finish his fourth term.

Before becoming district attorney, Thompson worked as a federal prosecutor in Brooklyn where he was part of a team that prosecuted NYPD Officer Justin Volpe in the 1997 beating and torture of Abner Louima.

A complaint detailing six charges against Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, released on Monday by federal prosecutors, describes an unnamed «Developer 1» with substantial business before the New York State legislature.

Katko said Boehner talked about his work experience before he was elected to Congress and highlighted Katko's career as a federal prosecutor.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Before they issued a request for proposals to select a preferred nanotech developer in Central New York, state officials colluded with COR Development Co. to make sure COR was selected, federal prosecutors alleged today.

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She had been a longtime federal prosecutor and served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa before her appointment to the bench.

«Anne's impressive expertise as a federal prosecutor and her work before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will add significant strength to King & Spalding's appellate bench and to the firm's West Coast litigation practice,» said Tim Scott, managing partner of King & Spalding's Silicon Valley office.

In the weeks and months before your scheduled trial date, your attorney and the federal prosecutor will review and analyze discovery items, launch independent investigations into your alleged crime, and try to resolve the matter without going to court.

Before his tenure as a city prosecutor, Dino also served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable John R. Padova, a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Before becoming a judge, Jones was a Justice Department lawyer focusing on organized crime and a federal prosecutor in the office of U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani, who recently joined Trump's legal team.

Before private practice, he was a federal prosecutor for 21 years, prosecuting white collar crime, public corruption and tax fraud.

Our litigators include former federal and state prosecutors with extensive trial experience, some of whom served in government with distinction before joining private practice.

The firm's third name partner, former federal prosecutor Matthew Jacobs, had once worked at DLA before joining Stevens O'Connell in November 2008.

Before joining the court, he had spent the bulk of his career as a federal prosecutor, including in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

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