Sentences with phrase «forced from office»

In the event Pruitt were forced from office by the avalanche of scandals swirling around him, Wheeler — if confirmed as the agency's number two — would suddenly be running the EPA.

In a relatively short time, a stunning number of accountability - based leaders have been forced from office on a tide of voter resentment even while, as documented by historian Diane Ravitch, the likes of Gates, Broad, and hedge fund billionaires continue their corporate - style push toward school closures, choice, data - driven student and teacher evaluation, and high - tech innovation.

Spitzer, 54, hoped voters would forgive him for the 2008 scandal that forced him from office.

Eric Schneiderman's defense lawyer expressed confidence Thursday that he wouldn't be prosecuted over the assault claims that forced him from office — but vowed to fight «vigorously» if he gets...

Many lawmakers have already been forced from office or drummed out by voters because of their misdeeds.

Foster declined to say Monday evening if she was reconsidering getting back in the race to oppose the comeback of Ganim, who was forced from office in 2003 after a conviction on bribery and kickback charges.

Fiala always faced a challenge in the Southern Tier district that was represented by Republican Tom Libous until July, when he was forced from office after being found guilty of lying to the FBI.

CNN: Mubarak to be charged for corruption, protester deaths Mubarak, who was forced from office in February, is being charged with consenting to a plan to kill protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25, according to Adel Saeed, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office.

«We should fund these offices,» said Barron, a former New York City councilman who was succeeded by his wife, Inez, when term limits forced him from office last year.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos will receive a nearly $ 96 thousand dollar a year pension despite his federal corruption conviction that forced him from office last year.

Scarborough is one of nearly 30 state lawmakers that have been forced from office in the past decade because of charges of corruption or sexual harassment.

Silver, of course, was forced from office after his conviction last year on federal corruption charges.

Flanagan replaced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County), who was also forced from office because of corruption charges.

In the last two years, both legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver, were forced from office for their corruption convictions.

The new Speaker was elected in June after Michael Martin was forced from office over his handling of the expenses scandal.

And though the scrutiny of him has been high, thanks to lingering questions about the sexting scandal that forced him from office, it's sure to become even more intense should he actually throw his hat into the ring, and then who knows what his numbers will do.

Silver was forced from office due to his 2015 conviction.

Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal forced him from office, elevating his unvetted, untested No. 2, David Paterson, whose tenure has been rocky - at best.

Mr Martin, who recently became the first Commons Speaker in 300 years to be forced from office, unsuccessfully contested an Information Tribunal ruling ordering full details of MPs» expenses to be published.

Some Labour MPs think Miss Harman is positioning herself as a possible successor to Mr Brown as Labour leader if he is forced from office, possibly after a general election defeat.

Weeks after both the ex-Senate majority leader and former Assembly speaker were forced from office following their corruption convictions, a combined 89 percent of voters told Siena that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany.

In July, Republican Sen. Tom Libous was forced from office when a jury found him guilty of lying to the FBI in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm.

Libous was forced from office last week after he was convicted on a charge of lying to federal law enforcement in a case stemming from his son receiving a job at a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

The Brooklyn assemblyman, a Democrat and self - identified Black Panther, is contemplating a bid to replace former State Senator John Sampson, who was forced from office following a conviction on federal corruption charges last week.

The verdict on just the second day of deliberations capped an extraordinary two - week period in which two of the state's most powerful leaders at the start of 2015 — Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — were forced from office in disgrace at the hands of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

There are 14 Democratic senators — almost half the conference — who were elected after 2008, and every amigo except Diaz has been forced from office by criminal probes.

Vito Lopez, the former assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic boss who was forced from office after being accused of sexually harassing his staffers, filed petitions to run again for his position as a district leader and state committeeman, according to Board of Elections documents.

Former Senator Skelos is thirty - third state lawmaker forced from office because of ethical misconduct or corruption since 2000 with half of them — 16 — taking place in the past five years alone.

He was the third minister to be forced from office following resignations by the defence secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, and the international development secretary, Priti Patel.

Silver was forced from office after being convicted of federal corruption charges.

The former chief whip is continuing his bid to drive back the scandal which forced him from office this autumn, after questions emerged about the validity of police claims about his brush with officers manning the Downing Street gate.

Spitzer has been lambasted at various times for failing to vet Paterson and saddling the state with a weak successor who unexpectedly rose to power after the former governor's prostitution scandal forced him from office.

He won a special election in April for the seat formerly occupied by Dean Skelos, the one - time Republican majority leader who was forced from office by a corruption conviction.

Then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver drove the effort in 2007 to replace Democratic Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who was forced from office by federal corruption charges.

Silver was forced from office after being convicted on federal corruption charges late last year.

Support for Labour continued to erode (with it standing at 30 - 32 % in opinion polls) in the months up to Blair being forced from office in April 2007.

As the scandal reaches closer and closer towards Downing Street, bookies have reduced the odds on Mr Cameron being forced from office because of the crisis.

Silver was forced from office entirely after he was convicted of two counts each of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion, as well as a single money - laundering charge.

Jack Martins, for initially defending former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the wake of the federal corruption charges that eventually forced him from office.

Skelos stepped down as majority leader two years ago following corruption charges and later forced from office following his conviction.

Spitzer, who was infamously forced from office in the spring of 2007 by a prostitution scandal, was reportedly urged by a number of people to try to stick it out, including his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer.

If you click there, you get information about how Dinallo «uncovered» the Martin Act, which Spitzer used to take on Wall Street — the act for which he is most celebrated (although, since the prostitution scandal that forced him from office, perhaps not most well - known).

But Kuhl eventually took a pass on the race, as did all the other would - be GOP candidates, Corning Mayor Tom Reed, who announced a challenge to Massa long before the sexual harassment scandal forced him from office, as the lone Row B contender.

In the wake of the prostitution scandal that eventually forced him from office, Spitzer came under fire for (among other things) hypocrisy, with critics noting that he had busted at least two prostitution rings when he was AG and portrayed himself as a champion of women's rights.

Skelos, who was forced from office in December, is due to be sentenced on corruption charges later this month.

After Libous was forced from office, Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the seat, an unusual move for a governor who has often sought to stay clear of the state Senate's thorny politics.

As the trial of the head of one of South Korea's largest conglomerates on corruption charges got underway, the president's ousting meant she lost her immunity to prosecution over the corruption scandal that forced her from office.

The economy is a wreck, but the country's inept leader has probably done enough to avoid being forced from office in 2017, unless by fellow Chavistas.

A conviction would also force him from office, endangering the Senate Democrats» two - vote majority.

At the time of Watergate it was suggested that Pres. Richard Nixon who had by then opened up China and made serious progress with the Russians in areas like Nuclear disarmament was too valuable to force from office.