Sentences with phrase «for recusing»

Donovan, who caught flak from Borough President James P. Molinaro in 2007 for recusing himself from a case involving Molinaro's grandson, is handling two hot potatoes, including one involving embattled Democratic Assemblyman Vito Lopez, that Kings County D.A. Charles Hynes had to pass on.

The president once again railed against Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, for recusing himself in the Russia inquiry, and blasted the F.B.I. for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton, «where there are crimes.»

The New York Times reports that this week Comey met with the Deputy Attorney General — Rod Rosenstein, who is standing in for the recused Sessions on the Russia matter, and who wrote the memo justifying the Comey firing — to request a significant increase in personnel and resources for the Russia investigation.

Not exact matches

The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

On June 6, she sent a letter to David Bernhardt, President Trump's nominee for Deputy Secretary of the Interior, asking him to recuse himself from overseeing the Cadiz water extraction project.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia judge presiding over the criminal case for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been recused from handling the case, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

Many Democrats, including Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel, called for Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation after he met last week with an unidentified source at the White House complex, accusing him of colluding with the White House.

I recused myself from any investigation into the campaigns for president, but I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations.

He has repeatedly called Sessions — who recused himself in March from all matters relating to the 2016 campaigns and the Russia investigation after it emerged that he had not disclosed his conversations with Kislyak — a «weak» attorney general, and urged the DOJ and Republicans to investigate Clinton and the Democrats for their alleged «collusion» with the Russians.

Trump's attacks against Sessions intensified last summer, when the president said he would not have tapped the «beleaguered» former Alabama senator for attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself.

The president also complained about Session's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, a longtime sticking point for Trump, who felt that his top Justice Department official should have done more to protect him.

If he's confirmed for the job, Delrahim, a former partner at the law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, will have to work with the government's ethics watchdogs to set out a plan for when he has to recuse himself.

In a tweet on Wednesday morning, he called the Russia investigation «Fake & Corrupt» and referred to Mueller as the «most conflicted of all,» except for Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel's work because Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions recused himself.

Levandowski announced that he was recusing himself from his role for the duration of the Alphabet litigation, and handing over the reins to then second - in - command at the self - driving department, Eric Meyhofer.

Randal Quarles, who is the Fed's vice chairman for supervision, has recused himself from participating in matters involving Wells Fargo.

The attorney general himself has also been the focus of blistering public attacks by the president for his decision to recuse from the Russia inquiry.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.

public pool, but when I decided that was too «dangerous» for me, I recused myself.

If we start with those we know for sure (assuming Chandler has recused himself from duty)...

For each interest disclosed to the President of the Board of Directors, the Chair will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the Board of Directors and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse him / herself from participation in related discussions or decisions within the association; (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the association; (e) if resignation is refused, to initiate procedures for removal of that person from that positiFor each interest disclosed to the President of the Board of Directors, the Chair will determine whether to: (a) take no action; (b) assure full disclosure to the Board of Directors and other individuals covered by this policy; (c) ask the person to recuse him / herself from participation in related discussions or decisions within the association; (d) ask the person to resign from his or her position in the association; (e) if resignation is refused, to initiate procedures for removal of that person from that positifor removal of that person from that position.

To get the warrant, the approval of Rosenstein (deputy AG), the head of the DOJ criminal division, the US Attorney for SDNY (though he recused himself from this for some reason, so whoever substituted for him), and a federal magistrate judge or district judge are required.

Having concluded those meetings today, I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States.

The current nominee, for example, might recuse from many cases where cert is granted from the 10th Circuit for a year or two.

During the course of the last several weeks, I have met with the relevant senior career Department officials to discuss whether I should recuse myself from any matters arising from the campaigns for President of the United States.

But now that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for Obstruction of Justice, there are media reports that Rosenstein is considering recusing himself as well, since he was involved in the Comey firing which may be part of the investigation.

Geoffrey Berman, personally interviewed by the President before being named as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, is recused from the investigation into Cohen.

At least three agency commissioners hosted campaign events for the mayor, including Mark Peters, the head of the Department of Investigation who recently recused himself from a federal pay - to - play probe of the mayor's fundraising practices.

Trump has come under fire for suggesting that Judge Gonzalo Curiel «should have recused himself» from the fraud case against the presumptive Republican nominee's now defunct Trump University.

Rensselaer County District Attornny Joel E. Abelove issued a statement suggesting he will not recuse his office from investigation the recent shooting for a 22 - year - old man by a Troy police officer.

From an eyewitness account of the Tuesday Town of Sanford Board meeting, we heard the following: «People speaking included those with land and with leases who had signed the petition asking for the resolution that was passed to be rescinded, for board members with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves from shale gas decisions, and for no resolutions on shale gas extraction to be passed without notifying the public a week in advance and allowing full participation.

City Court Judge James Cecile said he recused himself because he has known Conner for 25 or 30 years and because Conner worked on his campaign and those of his family members.

It's not unusual for an individual judge to recuse himself or herself from a case, said Rick Trunfio, chief assistant district attorney.

Berky, who recuses herself from all votes involving RUPCO because she has done contract work for the nonprofit, said that she believed the county had made a mistake in transferring the property to the Ulster County Economic Development Agency for marketing and sale rather than putting it through the open bidding process normally required of county - owned properties.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he would remove himself from involvement in any probe related to the Trump campaign after lawmakers called for him to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Mr. Adler, who is both a registered Democrat and a donor to the right - wing Conservative Party, was appointed in 2012 to pursue charges after the Staten Island district attorney, Daniel M. Donovan Jr., who is now a candidate for the island's congressional seat, recused himself.

All of which is reason for Schneiderman to stand down — or at least recuse himself on all matters Trump.

Common Cause, a good - government group, said in a statement that DeRosa was qualified for the job, but should make public which issues she is recusing herself from as secretary.

A new investigation has found that a clerk, William Allen, failed to recuse himself from ballot preparations in the same Harlem Assembly district where he was running for office.

Donovan had recused himself as the prosecutor who investigating the WFP's for - profit consultant firm Data & Field Services in a 2009 city council race, a move that was later upheld by the state Court of Appeals.

A few months ago, Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the FBI's Russia investigation, so Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein became the Acting Attorney General for purposes of the...

Democrats are calling for the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, California Republican Devin Nunes, to step down from the investigation of ties between Russia and the Trump administration, but he's refusing to recuse himself.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove says he will recuse himself from an officer - involved shooting case, and now he's asking for a special DA to be appointed to handle it.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke twice with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. last year — encounters he did not disclose during his confirmation hearings — fueling calls for him to either resign or recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The Hamburg man facing charges for posting a sign opposing the state's gun control law will get another day in court after a second town judge recused himself in the case.

Last week, Diaz Sr. called for Schneiderman to recuse himself from the investigation of alleged spending of nonprofit funds for personal use by former NARAL Pro-Choice NY President Kelli Conlin.

To the extent that Mulrow will or will not be required to recuse himself is a real issue for Governor Cuomo and for the public.

The governor's office has not said whether Mulrow will recuse himself from deliberations with NYRA if a company controlled by Fields were to apply for the privatized franchise.

AGs can recuse themselves from cases and seek outside counsel for a variety of reasons.

«Regardless of whether or not Duffy violated state law by interviewing for a job with a private lobbying entity — he'll recuse himself from any future matters involving economic development in his home region — he has committed a mortal political sin: He created an ethics dilemma for a governor currently hammering the state Legislature over its own ethical record, including its lack of transparency on sources of outside income,» Casey Seiler writes in his column, which includes speculative odds on Duffy's successors.