Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors told»

As part of the plea agreement federal prosecutors told the court that they would drop all but one of the twenty fraud charges listed in Byrd - Bennett's indictment and that although she faced a maximum of 20 years on each of 20 fraud counts, they would recommend a prison sentence of no more than seven 7 1/2 years if she continued to «cooperate with federal investigators.»

Brooklyn federal prosecutors told appellate judges they should get another shot at showing that former Senate Majority Leader John Sampson embezzled about $ 400,000 from foreclosure sales — but the defense said no charges against the disgraced ex-pol should stand.

Federal prosecutors told a federal judge in Brooklyn on Monday that the emails had been turned over to lawyers for Rep. Michael Grimm.

Manhattan federal prosecutors told the judge who sentenced Dean and Adam Skelos last week that the government won't push for them to go to prison until at least three - plus months after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a pending case on anti-corruption laws.

Former federal prosecutors told POLITICO that Cohen's team likely intended to appeal to Wood by suggesting members of the tight - knit club of former and current employees of the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more than $ 300,000 in bribes, but defense attorneys belittled the claim, saying the bulk of the money was his wife's salary at a legitimate job.

Unsatisfied with the power he's amassed in Albany, Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith last year tried pulling off a $ 200,000 bribery scheme to get on the Republican ballot for New York City mayor — with then - Queens Councilman Dan Halloran «setting the whole thing up,» a federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

Not exact matches

«We don't know exactly what McGahn said, but the mere fact that he put a stop to that letter is another piece of evidence that Mueller could use to say, «Donald Trump was warned by the White House counsel that this was a problematic step and decided to do it anyway,»» former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti told Business Insider in September.

Instead Sessions will allow federal prosecutors in areas where the substance is legal to decide how aggressively to enforce federal drug laws, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the AP ahead of a formal announcement expected Thursday.

Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, told Business Insider on Wednesday that Sanders» comments were not as straightforward as they seemed.

«There are lawyers across the country representing various interests who are recording that interview,» former federal prosecutor Matt Orwig tells Reuters.

Observers told Business Insider that Wood would be more likely to select one of the government's nominees, who are retired judges from the Southern District of New York; Cohen's team submitted names of former federal prosecutors.

While his Democratic predecessor Eric Holder told federal prosecutors to avoid seeking long mandatory minimum sentences when charging some lower - level drug offenders, for example, Sessions issued an order demanding the opposite, telling them to pursue the most serious charges possible against most suspects.

The school placed him on «unpaid administrative leave,» interim university president Greg Postel told reporters last Wednesday, a day after federal prosecutors outlined the case against several coaches and Adidas employees.

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Cuomo, was so confident he would be working for his close friend after the 2014 election that he told his mortgage company he was «guaranteed» a job in the administration, federal prosecutors say in a new filing.

Scaring told the judge that federal prosecutors had asked for a delay in their case because of a scheduling conflict with one of the witnesses.

The conclusion came unceremoniously, as prosecutors filed one - paragraph documents telling a federal appeals court they would move to dismiss the indictments.

The Economic and Financial Crime Commision (EFCC) prosecutor, Jacobs, had told a Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday that the DSS Director of Legal Services attributed the failure of the agency to produce the ex-NSA in court on Tuesday to an «oversight».

Sampson told investigators that «he didn't have a recollection from it,» according to federal prosecutors.

Federal prosecutor Catherine Mirabile told the judge Tuesday that the government anticipated the trial would last six to eight weeks.

Federal prosecutor Paul Tuchman told Weinstein that while Huntley had provided «substantial assistance» on probes of political corruption, investigators were not able to corroborate all of her claims.

House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R - Calif., told CQ Roll Call on Tuesday that it was «perhaps too soon» for his committee to look at how federal prosecutors» allegations that Mayor Vincent Gray knew about a shadow campaign scheme in the 2010 election might have contributed to his loss to Muriel Bowser.

As Gail Skelos, the ex-senator's wife and Adam's mother, passed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom throughout the trial, she told the federal prosecutor: «You can go to hell.»

A spokesman for Crystal Run Healthcare confirmed Tuesday that the company was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, but told The Association Press it received the subpoena a year ago and does not believe it is under active investigation.

«McDonnell will not save Silver on appeal, nor should it entitle him to bail pending appeal,» prosecutors told Manhattan federal judge Valerie Caprini.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The FBI and federal prosecutors have begun investigating New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and his son, sources told CBS2.

Cuomo this week at the cabinet meeting told reporters there is sufficient independent oversight, pointing to the local, state and federal prosecutors in New York.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The New York Post.

Questions about whether he's been contacted by federal prosecutors in their review of the Moreland Commission's work should be directed to the U.S. attorney, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters in Albany on Wednesday.

Indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith caught a big break when a federal judge shot down a bid by prosecutors to tell jurors at his bribery trial next month how he once offered to sell Albany votes like shares of stock.

The prosecutor, Oyeyemi Adeniyi, had told the court that the defendant criminally trespassed into the office of Minister of Sport and Youth Development, Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on April 3.

A prosecutor at the Skelos trial told the judge that one of the defendants had sought to discuss a possible plea deal in the federal bribery and extortion case.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

David Golub, the party's lawyer, and other lawyers representing top party functionaries and candidates, said they were told in separate telephone calls from federal prosecutors that the wide - ranging probe, at least a year old, had been shut down.

Indicted state Sen. Malcolm Smith caught a big break Thursday when a federal judge shot down a bid by prosecutors to tell jurors at his bribery trial next month how...

Parello also instructed members of his crew to take revenge on a person who stabbed Anthony «Tony the Wig» Vazzano in January 2013, telling them to «keep the pipes handy and pipe him, pipe him, over here [gesturing to the knees], not on his head,» federal prosecutor said.

Daniel Richman, a Columbia Law School professor and former federal prosecutor, said it's hard to tell just what impact the old deletion policy might have on Bharara's investigation.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors now intend to move forward with a second trial and will retry Espada on four counts that stem from his tainted operation of Soundview Healthcare Network, a chain of medical clinics in The Bronx, a source told The Post.

Brooklyn federal Judge Frederic Block yesterday told prosecutors that they needed to inform him within two weeks if they were planning to retry the former senator and his son on the deadlocked counts, but the decision to move forward has already been made, the source said.

As Gail passed Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was sitting in the back of the courtroom throughout the sentencing Thursday, she told the federal prosecutor, «You can go to hell.»

In Federal District Court in Manhattan, prosecutors will tell a jury that Seabrook used his power to get financial kickbacks, luxurious trips and designer bags and shoes in exchange for directing $ 20 million of his members» pension and operating funds into a high - risk hedge fund.

According to federal prosecutors: In August 2013, Howe told Joseph Gerardi, COR's general counsel, that Kaloyeros, also known as «Dr. K,» intended for SUNY Poly to put out an RFP for a Syracuse - area developer.

The enhanced state oversight came in response to the allegations of bid - rigging involving two SUNY Polytechnic Institute - affiliated nonprofits presented by federal prosecutors in September 2016, the comptroller's office told The Alt at the time.

Joseph Ahearn, the former assistant district attorney in charge of the probe, told federal prosecutors in a March 30 letter that «employees of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections had alleged that Mr. Wade had improperly pressured and - or coerced them to financially donate to various campaigns and - or the county Democratic party at the risk of losing their jobs.»

Cuomo, after receiving a warning letter from US Attorney Bharara last week, has said he will no longer comment on the specifics of the federal probe, but the governor does say he personally has not been asked to speak to federal prosecutors, but he's told his staff to provide the US Attorney with any thing that Bharara wants to know.

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan told U.S. District Court Valerie Caproni they want to call a summary witness who would explain why Percoco and Howe used «ziti» as a term for money.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim, the head of the federal prosecutor's office in Manhattan, recently told the judge that breaking the case into two trials is fair in order to accommodate scheduling conflicts for defense lawyers as well as Ciminelli's health issues.

The federal prosecutor during the MSNBC interview also said he never told Gov. Cuomo to clam up in regards to an investigation into the governor's office handling of a Cuomo - created Moreland anti-corruption commission and its abrupt end after the Legislature agreed to some ethics reforms.

«This case is the age - old tale of the abuse of political power to satisfy personal greed,» prosecutor Tatiana Martins told jurors in Manhattan federal court.

Syracuse officials, who had battled publicly with Cor for months, told federal prosecutors they thought the message «borders on being a threat.»