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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.

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The attorney said the U.S. government made a request late on Wednesday for witnesses who work at Apple who could discuss technology.

Standard and Poor's estimates the federal government's partial paralysis cost $ 24 billion, and consultancy IHS Global Insights said on Wednesday that the spike in short - term interest yields witnessed in the week of Oct. 14 alone will add $ 114 million to the federal debt.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

China may witness its first local government bond defaults, although the timing was uncertain, Fitch Ratings said in a press release issued on Sunday, amid persistent concerns over high debt levels in the world second largest economy.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took the witness stand on Thursday at the trial challenging the government's decision to block the combination, saying the move «defied logic» and was «absurd.»

Dan Petrocelli of O'Melveny & Myers LLP said the DOJ's case is a «house of cards» that relies on the economic model by University of California Berkeley economist Carl Shapiro, an expert witness for the government.

Once a sector has been cracked open, operational restrictions come in to play — witness the ongoing regulation of the film market through censorship, import quotas and central government decisions on movie release dates.

Iâ $ ™ ve had the good fortune to live in France for the past 10 months on a year - long sabbatical and therefore been able to witness firsthand the travails of the Socialist government as it wrestles with the countryâ $ ™ s economic woes.

But the 2004 Taguba Report on the Abu Ghraib abuses found «that contrary to the provision of AR 190 - 8, and the findings found in MG Ryder's Report, Military Intelligence (MI) interrogators and Other US Government Agency's (OGA) interrogators actively requested that MP guards set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses» and that this request was part of what led to the abuses by the reservist MP unit at the prison.

Yet June 1976 witnessed strikes at Radom, Plock and Umus which forced the government to withdraw increase on food prices.

In July 1964 a House Armed Services subcommittee heard witnesses regarding the practice of industrial firms, working on cost - plus contracts, to charge off recreation and entertainment expenses to the Government.

Jahoda, who is in the U.S. marshal's witness - protection program after testifying for the government against Infelice and mob enforcer Robert Salerno, said, «You see gambling on every campus.

The way in which we keep, or do not keep, the promises that we vow and the commitments that we make on our wedding day to our future spouse, before God, a celebrant authorised by the government to receive such declarations and probably anywhere between two and two - hundred witnesses, will unquestionably be a direct reflection of our own integrity, loyalty and faithfulness to our marriage partner.

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.

«What we are witnessing is a phase, but Government has mobilised all its machinery and you can see that the local governments and local council development areas are also on board to ensure that we evacuate these waste in the shortest possible time,» Bamigbetan said.

«We intend to continue our wider investigations into blacklisting and will be calling further witnesses but believe that the government should now investigate, as promised, the clear and unequivocal evidence that has been received about blacklisting on the Crossrail project.»

Much of the prosecution's case will hinge on the testimony of another former associate, Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

It led the government to have his bail revoked midway through his seven days on the witness stand.

In a fresh motion on notice brought to the court on wednesday, the government prayed the court for an order to shield the identities of the witnesses and that the record of proceedings not to be made accessible to the public.

Former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto «traded their office for money,» a federal prosecutor said Tuesday in the 10 - week - old corruption trial's closing arguments while Mangano's defense attorney countered that the government's star witness «desecrated the oath» by lying repeatedly on the stand.

Catch up on the charges and the key government witness.

In some ways, the case put Cuomo's administration on trial, with multiple current and former aides appearing as witnesses, and good government groups and political opponents sounding alarms over certain practices within the executive chamber.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

Evidence introduced in the ongoing corruption and bribery trial of former Yonkers Councilwoman Sandy Annabi has cast the spotlight on another public official: state Senator Tom Libous, who, according to witness testimony, pushed a law firm to hire his son — and inflate his starting salary — in exchange for steering government business toward the firm's practice.

The government's heavy handed tactics of contacting witnesses is just as legal as Silver accepting legal fees for referrals — sleazy and inappropriate but legal (as Silver plays the Joe Bruno defense of accepting a possible short term conviction but having that conviction tossed on appeal).

Ex-lobbyist Todd Howe, likely to serve as the federal government's key cooperating witness in a wide - ranging corruption trial this fall involving past associates of Governor Andrew Cuomo, «has obtained employment and a residence in the District of Idaho,» his attorneys told a judge on June 15.

Buhari called on the Legislature which provides the legal framework for the anti-corruption war to add more verve to the determination of the government to rid the nation of the brazen corruption witnessed in recent years.

With the government's case over, the trial is now turned over to Silver's defense team, which told the court Wednesday that it was not planning on calling any witnesses.

Much of the prosecutor's case will hinge on testimony of another former, associate Todd Howe, who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

Consequently, Gonzalez is home pending an evidentiary hearing on his claim that the government intimidated a witness whose testimony would have aided his case.

The government's final witness was FBI special agent Deanna Pennetta, a certified public accountant who prepared a number of spreadsheets and diagrams based on business records, phone calls and other documents related to Silver that the jurors will be able to review as evidence.

On the first day of presenting their defense cases Thursday, their lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the charges on a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidencOn the first day of presenting their defense cases Thursday, their lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the charges on a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidencon a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidence.

Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin said in a statement Saturday that his boss «was never on the government's witness list and never sought immunity.»

Christopher McPartland, the chief of investigations and head of the government - corruption bureau of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office on Long Island, also was charged in the four - count indictment that includes conspiracy to tamper with witnesses and obstruct an official proceeding.

The Local government elections scheduled to hold on the 16th of June in Rivers state has continued to witness a lot of horse trading especially on...

Howe was arrested last Thursday evening after he revealed on the witness stand that he had violated the terms of his cooperation agreement with the government and had committed another crime, trying to defraud his credit card company over a $ 600 charge for a hotel stay at the Waldorf.

The criminal complaint charging Seabrook and his fellow defendant, hedge - fund manager Murray Huberfeld, strongly suggests that a witness who is cooperating with the government in the case, Jona S. Rechnitz, could also serve as an important witness in at least one of the fund - raising inquiries centered on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

He said the claim by the government that it has improved the economy can only be seen on paper as Ghanaians are yet to witness any significant change.

When this partnership with citizens are called into question by acts of excessive force on the part of the enforcers of the law, such as we witnessed during the march, when unarmed peaceful protestors were physically assaulted resulting in severe injuries; it is seen as a symptom of an ailing system championed by a failing government who seek to curtail the right of its citizens to exercise their constitutionally mandated rights.

The government may potentially be violating the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in a new bill which will allow witnesses the right to anonymity.

Reza Zarrab, the government's star witness in the trial of a Turkish banker accused of violating United States sanctions on Iran, was recorded in a 2016 jailhouse phone call saying that one needed to lie «in America in order to make it out of prison,» according to a summary of the conversation released yesterday.

The way committees work is to listen to evidence from witnesses, who then inform the findings of their inquiries on policy areas across Government.

Chris Pincher Conservative MP and member of the energy and climate change select committee Policing policy Westminster recently witnessed a huge demonstration when thousands of police officers protested against the arbitrary changes the government is bulldozing through on their working conditions.

The government will rush emergency legislation through the Commons today as it seeks to override a law lords ruling on witness anonymity in criminal proceedings.

Conversely, the report ironically revealed that Ghana's economy under the watch of the Mahama government is on the verge of witnessing an exponential growth between 2017 and 2019.

He said, «the open display of contempt for free, fair and transparent election by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari as being witnessed in Rivers State presently is capable of setting Nigeria on the path of anarchy.»

And contrary to the government's claim that the post was a «low - show» job — «Percoco taught the curriculum less than a dozen times on average, with each class typically lasting less than [two] hours,» the government said recently — the defense maintains that her «compensation was reasonable,» an opinion shared by an economist it intends to call as an expert witness.

$ 2billion Armsgate: Witness Gives details of $ 47million delivered to Dasuki More details have emerged on how huge cash estimated at $ 2billion meant for arms purchase was allegedly diverted by key government officials and politicians.

Terseer Chogah, a witness in the alleged N9.79 billion fraud trial of former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday narrated how N450 million was withdrawn for running of the Benue State Government House.