Sentences with phrase «from cooperating witnesses»

But prosecutor Thomas McKay argued the «brazen» nature of the schemes — Adam Skelos blew off work at the insurer, which needed regular legislation from the Senate — was what persuaded jurors, along with testimony from cooperating witnesses who said they were buying Skelos» vote.

Mueller's office has obtained a wealth of subpoenaed documents about the president's conduct and has taken secret testimony from cooperating witnesses — Michael Flynn, former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and former campaign aide Rick Gates — any one of whom would be in a position to contradict Trump and expose him to perjury charges.

While Jimmy Meng professed his innocence outside court - and his lawyer declined comment - the feds say they have substantial evidence from the cooperating witness» recordings of phone calls and conversations with Meng dating back to last December.

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We participate and cooperate with God seeking and saving the lost by the credibility that comes from a witness of love.

Key testimony is expected to come from former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe, who allegedly exchanged emails with Percoco in which they referred to cash as «ziti» — a move prosecutors say they lifted from HBO's mobster series «The Sopranos.»

Rockland County, NY - A chasidic Jew from Rockland County has been identified as the cooperating witness who helped the FBI uncover a massive plot to rig the 2013 New York City mayoral race and led to the arrest of six politicians who allegedly accepted bribes.

Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas said that she would support deporting immigrants convicted of gang violence, but warned that law enforcement officials must be «careful» not to scare off possible victims or witnesses from cooperating with authorities for fear of deportation.

In addition to more than 11 million pages of records, the feds» arsenal includes former lobbyist - turned - cooperating witness Todd Howe and emails in which he and Percoco allegedly referred to payoffs as «ziti» — a code word for cash that prosecutors say they lifted from an episode of HBO's mob drama «The Sopranos.»

Howe, who admitted on Wednesday that he was a serial deadbeat who stiffed countless creditors over two decades, agreed in 2016 to become a cooperating witness, pleaded guilty to the bribery scheme and embezzling nearly $ 1 million from his law firm, and promised to keep his nose clean.

The government has accused Percoco, 49, of South Salem, of taking $ 35,000 in bribes from two principals of COR through lobbyist Todd Howe, a cooperating witness.

Doug Burns, a former Eastern District prosecutor from Nassau County, said the «cardinal rule» in the government's use of a cooperating witness is «whether or not what they say can be backed up or corroborated by other evidence in the case.»

Sources said that the investigation stemmed from information provided by other state legislators who were under investigation as well as cooperating witnesses.

Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2013, to submit a legislative proposal establishing an effective and comprehensive European whistleblower protection programme in the public and in the private sector to protect those who detect inefficient management and irregularities and report cases of national and cross-border corruption relating to EU financial interests and to protect witnesses, informers, and those who cooperate with the courts, and in particular witnesses testifying against mafia - type and other criminal organisations, with a view to resolving the difficult conditions under which they have to live (from risks of retaliation to the breakdown of family ties or from being uprooted from their home territory to social and professional exclusion); calls also on the Member States to put in place appropriate and effective protection for whistleblowers.

Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas said Sunday that she would support deporting immigrants convicted of gang violence, but warned that law enforcement officials must be «careful» not to scare off possible victims or witnesses from cooperating with authorities for fear of deportation.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today announced charges against Deputy Chief Michael Harrington and Deputy Inspector James Grant for accepting lavish and illegal gifts — including a cushy ride on a private jet, complete with a prostitute, to Las Vegas for Super Bowl weekend in 2013 — from businessman Jeremy Reichberg and another man dubbed «cooperating witness - 1.»

from businessman Jeremy Reichberg and another man dubbed «cooperating witness - 1.»

No one from Glenwood has been charged with any wrongdoing and the complaint against Skelos indicated the top executive has since become a cooperating witness who is helping the federal investigation.

Investigators said a Glenwood vice president is a «cooperating witness» in the Skelos probe and has been granted immunity from prosecution.

Now that Greenpeace has abandoned the field after ineffectively «bearing witness» for a few weeks (belligerently refusing to cooperate with Paul Watson, one of its founders), and now that they have their footage with which to sucker another 10 million dollars in contributions from their slick campaigns, it is left to the poorly funded Sea Shepherd to continue the task of blockading the Nisshin Maru, physically preventing them from carrying out their blatant, murderous massacre.