Sentences with phrase «government witness»

Catch up on the charges and the key government witness.

A good cross examination can bring out the «other side» of the story to show why a certain government witness should not be believed.

«I love him as a brother,» the star government witness in the obstruction - of - justice trial of state Sen. John Sampson said Thursday as he took the stand to bury his friend...

Four years later, Taub is poised to be a star government witness as Silver's high - stakes corruption trial begins Monday in federal court in Manhattan on charges that the now ex-speaker used his Albany power to line his pockets with nearly $ 4 million by delivering — for a price.

The hotly contested trial included heavy blows to the credibility of star government witness Todd Howe, the ex-lobbyist who said he set up the bribes, and defense efforts to convince jurors that neither the energy scheme or the Syracuse payments involved a corrupt quid - pro-quo agreement.

Three government witnesses testified there.

Reichberg and associate Jona Rechnitz, who has been identified as a cooperating government witness in both cases, have also been linked to federal probes of Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising.

Presently they are not required to provide the defense with a list of government witnesses.

The question that continues to ricochet around the city is which of these defendants will become government witnesses and who can they take down.

How could McLain receive a just verdict when, Levine charged, Kovachevich had pushed the trial forward with undo haste and ordered jurors to stand up for exercise — in a kind of seventh - inning stretch — when Levine was interrogating a key government witness against McLain?

Howe turned government witness this summer during the U.S. Attorney's Office investigation and is mentioned frequently in the 80 - page criminal complaint as assisting prosecutors in the probe.

After a month of testimony from government witnesses outlining an alleged bribery and corruption scheme that they said was carried out by one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's former top aides, the defense quickly rested on Monday, setting the stage for closing arguments that will begin on Tuesday.

Among the potential key government witnesses at the trial could be former Oyster Bay Deputy Town Attorney Frederick Mei, and former Oyster Bay Town Attorney Leonard Genova.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he would lie to avoid prison.

Attorney Barry Bohrer was defending longtime Cuomo confidante Joseph Percoco when he repeatedly highlighted for several hours lies and crimes committed by government witness Todd Howe before Howe responded angrily.

The New York Times has the details in this story,» Lawyer Thrust Into Spotlight After Misstep in Terror Case,» March 15, 2006, and lots of bloggers, including Legal Blog Watch's Crime & Federalism, are discussing Judge Brinkema's ruling to exclude testimony from several major government witnesses who were improperly coached by Martin.

The feds also proved Tabone tampered with a potential government witness, Philip Ragusa, who then chaired the borough's GOP, at his home and tried to convince him not to testify at Tabone and Smith's first trial last year.

Hosey is the final scheduled government witness at Walsh's trial in federal court in Central Islip on charges of theft of government funds and wire fraud.

When the federal corruption trial of State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver begins next week, his lawyers are likely to be aggressive in cross-examining government witnesses, or objecting when they believe a prosecutor has gone too far.

I spent 32 years in State government witnessing all this for four administrations and being privy to some dirty little secrets among management so stop insulting my obviously superior (to you) intelligence.

The court papers filed Friday cite an order issued by the state Department of Financial Services last year that revoked the authority of the federal government witness, Anthony Bonomo, to run the state's second - largest medical malpractice insurance firm, Long Island based - Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers.

Political sources told Kramer the feds are looking to turn some of the defendants into government witnesses in order to catch bigger fish.

Dr. Taub is a crucial government witnesses in the case against Mr. Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who has been accused of trading official actions for $ 3 million in an illegal kickback scheme that involved Dr. Taub and a law firm where Mr. Silver worked.

The feds had failed to timely turn over as evidence for more 90 hours of phone calls — some of which were in Yiddish and yet to be translated — and more than 3,100 text messages from a wire - wearing government witness, crooked Rockland County developer Moses Stern.

He only said that allegations tied to Reichberg's efforts to bribe as - yet - unnamed NYPD officers will «come in as background» at the trial, including through testimony by government witness Jona Rechnitz.

Charles Dorego, a senior real estate executive at Glenwood Management and a central government witness, testified how he felt uncomfortable being repeatedly asked by Mr. Skelos about any possible jobs for his son.

The real crimes at Enron mainly consisted of turncoat government witness Andrew Fastow's shady deals, but Skilling and, especially, Lay are going down for improperly misrepresenting Enron's fortunes.»

Shortly after noon on Saturday, President Donald Trump logged on to Twitter and inadvertently posted what seemed an awful lot like an admission he obstructed justice by admitting he knew former national security adviser and now - government witness Michael Flynn lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials.

At one point, he was recorded saying that if he was able to find out the identities of several cooperating government witnesses, he could arrange to «take them out.»

Bonomo, who was a star government witness against corrupt former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, was largely sidelined as CEO of Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, the state's second - largest malpractice insurer, according to a January report by the Albany Times Union.

By the time that Todd Howe, the Albany insider turned government witness, begins his testimony in the Percoco trial this coming week, his reputation as a routine liar will have already preceded him.

Testimony from star government witness Todd Howe, a longtime Albany consultant with deep ties to Cuomo, discussed strategies to receive more contributions from single donors through a web of limited liability companies.

According to the testimony from government witnesses, after Taub requested funding from Weitz & Luxenberg, Silver sent word through a mutual friend soliciting referrals, and then that friend subsequently suggested Taub should ask for state money.

Star government witness Todd Howe tried to defraud his credit card company for a $ 604 Waldorf Astoria hotel stay during a trip to meet with prosecutors just weeks after promising not to commit further crimes, Howe admitted Thursday at former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco's trial.

(AP / WBEN) A lawyer attacked the credibility of a key government witness on Wednesday at the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo before the witness lashed back, calling it insulting to suggest he'd lie to avoid prison.

The couple is also close to Moses (Mark) Stern, the key government witness who prosecutors say helped broker the bribery plot to get Smith, a Democratic state senator, on the Republican ballot for mayor.

Stevenson shook his head repeatedly as Jacobs spoke, nodding in agreement only when the prosecutor said that the key government witness against Stevenson had committed crimes in the past.

Among Martin's improprieties, according to the Times, was her decision to e-mail the trial transcripts to seven government witnesses in violation of a court order on sequestration.

One scenario projects a 27 cent increase in cable bills per month per subscriber, though Petrocelli said the government witness uses outdated or incorrect data for a number of variables.

Third, we learned this week that Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab, who had been charged with orchestrating a scheme to avoid Iran sanctions, has agreed to become a government witness as part of a plea deal.

While Ciulla, a key government witness in the New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Michigan cases, did not testify in Errico's trial, he was available to the prosecution in Brooklyn and, according to law - enforcement sources, could testify in future cases.

At the resumed trial of Dasuki on charges of unlawful possession of firearms, the government witness, Mr. Samuel Ogbu who was under cross examination confirmed no incriminating items was found in the guest house.

One government witness, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to felonies, has already testified that Percoco came up with the term from the TV show.

Todd Howe, a key government witness, testified that he had a Syracuse development company donate to the governor through its LLCs in an attempt to make the contributions more difficult to trace.

And, although Cuomo isn't charged with wrongdoing, his reelection campaign and national ambitions may form a backdrop to a case in which both lead defendant Percoco and the star government witness, lobbyist Todd Howe, the conduit for the alleged bribes, were trading off long relationships with the governor.

«I asked him to contact the appropriate law - enforcement authorities for me, and he agreed to do so,» said Isaacs, recalling how he became a government witness.