Sentences with phrase «grand jury issues»
Cuomo's own proposals are part of a seven point - package that includes statewide reconciliation commission on police / community relations and an independent monitor in certain police brutality cases in which a grand jury issues no indictment.
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The special counsel has issued a grand jury subpoena for an unnamed person's communications regarding Trump and nine others, Axios reports.
Mueller told Trump's lawyers in March that if they didn't agree to an interview he would consider issuing a subpoena compelling Trump to appear before a grand jury.
The superseding indictment was issued by a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Michigan and charges Winterkorn with four counts of violating federal law.
As Trump's lawyers have negotiated with Mueller's team over the terms of a possible interview, Mueller raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for his testimony, his former attorney said.
The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify under oath.
Though Bharara's office has already taken possession of all of the Commission's investigative files and issued a grand jury subpoena «seeking emails, text messages and other records from all of the members of the Commission,» according to The New York Times, it is unclear whether Bharara will pursue the personal use investigation or its findings.
Former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy issued the following response to the grand jury report on the Suffolk County ethics commission:
The measure Lippman is introducing would apply to cases in which a grand jury has declined to issue charges or return no bill.
«The strict secrecy of grand jury proceedings — originating in medieval England and mandated in New York by statute — can be detrimental to access to justice and public debate over issues of compelling public interest,» Lippman said in his annual address, known as the State of the Judiciary.
They and their 5 children lived in a house with what a grand jury called «alarming structural and safety issues» but were blocked from addressing the problems by out - to - lunch, and often outright hostile, public and quasi-public servants.
A public relations representative, Andrea Bozek of Mercury Public Affairs, instead issued a statement addressing the testimony of Ortt's wife's a design consultant to the grand jury.
Fitzpatrick issued subpoenas March 9 to force two city hall lawyers to testify before a grand jury.
It seems that «the jail issue,» even 10 years after it all got filed in a secret grand jury report, just won't go away.
The federal grand jury indictment issued Friday charged Mr. Walsh, who has pleaded not guilty, with one count of theft of funds and one count of wire fraud.
Ischia Bravo, a former executive director of the Bronx Democratic County Committee, would neither confirm nor deny that she had received the subpoena issued by an Albany grand jury.
A grand jury has issued a subpoena requesting Republican Committee documents and emails related to the committee's May 25 vote nominating Knapp for the 12th District legislative seat Cox has held since he was appointed by Mahoney.
The governor's reforms would allow district attorneys like Mr. Donovan to issue a report or letter of fact outlining what occurred in closed grand jury room in cases of police killings, without having to beseech a judge to release that information.
The lack of an agreement comes after Assembly Democrats sought a number of measures designed to change criminal justice procedures, including a special prosecutor to handle certain cases as well as new requirements for grand jury transparency when an indictment is not issued.
Albany County Judge Peter Lynch tossed the case against Ortt, saying there was «no valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences which could lead a rational grand jury» to issue the indictment against the senator.
Mueller's impaneled grand jury is starting to issue subpoenas seeking documents related to the business dealings of Michael Flynn, the former National Security advisor.
Republicans and Democrats both expect a deliberative approach to the issue, raised after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold - related death of Eric Garner.
Criminal justice issues are expected to figure prominently this legislative session as Cuomo has suggested he plans to recommend changing the grand jury process as well as create a special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases.
Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Michael Goodwin: «With subpoenas issued, investigations spreading and at least one federal grand jury at work, the question isn't whether Bill de Blasio's administration has a corruption problem.
I could see issuing a grand jury report that says «by the way this system is asking for trouble,» but it is not the crux of what he does.»
The subpoena was the fourth issued in connection with Vance's investigation and called for Messina's personal appearance on May 27 before the grand jury.
Baynes, the prosecutor, said they are not required to present every piece of evidence to a grand jury, just enough to issue an indictment.
When a Staten Island grand jury refused to return a criminal indictment of an officer in the death of Eric Garner, she issued a press release declaring «the use of excessive and lethal force against people of color is a persistent problem nationwide.»
Even before her findings were released, there were reports of new subpoenas being issued and a grand jury hearing testimony.
With Democrat Vincent Gentile seemingly accepting of the Garner grand jury outcome and not seeking to make it a campaign issue, Lane may force greater attention on that case and Donovan's role.
Under Cuomo's plan, DAs will be able to issue the grand jury report or letter of facts when the police killing of an unarmed civilian is not presented to the grand jury or when the grand jury declines to indict.
State Sen. John Bonacic, the Republican who chairs the Senate's judiciary committee, took issue with language in the bill that would make an exemption in the state's grand jury secrecy laws to allow the special counsel to hand over usually confidential information to the governor «or his designee» as part of the recommendation for action.
Savino said that, while each candidate deserves to have their record scrutinized — «that includes even the handling of the grand jury» by Donovan — «that should not be the overarching issue of this campaign.»
Chautauqua County Court Judge David Foley dismissed the charge of second degree manslaughter against 34 year - old Thomas Jadlowski in a ruling issued on Wednesday, saying District Attorney Patrick Swanson erred when he presented the case in front of a grand jury while seeking an indictment.
To me, the cluster of issues that we have focused on are just basic — whether it be bail reform, raise the age of criminal responsibility, reform the institution of the grand jury, which goes back to the time of Magna Carta, wrongful convictions, ensure that not one single person is convicted of a crime that they're innocent of.
The governor also announced a seven - point plan to deal with criminal justice issues, including a statewide «reconciliation commission» and an independent state monitor who would review grand jury actions involving police violence.
He is also immersed in a number of issues on the job, not the least of which is the grand jury in the case of Eric Garner, the Island man who died in NYPD custody.
Earlier this month, Hafner issued a related order saying Fitzpatrick can compel two city hall attorneys to testify before the grand jury about the preparation of the councilors» affidavits.
In addition, two sources who asked not to be identified but who are familiar with the case, say subpoenas connected to a federal grand jury probing Pigeon have also been issued in recent days.
Whether the issue was bail, grand jury immunity, prosecution of drunken drivers or investigation of police shootings of unarmed civilians, Murray was clueless about the law.
According to the Times, which first reported the investigation in April, Bharara's office began presenting evidence to a grand jury and has issued subpoenas to eight of Skelos» colleagues in the chamber's Long Island delegation.
«Rather, the issue before the Court is whether the U.S. Attorney's comments were sufficiently prejudicial to overcome the presumption of regularity accorded to grand jury proceedings and to warrant the extreme sanction of dismissing the indictment.»
«Whether a regular grand jury enjoys a comparable authority to issue a report is a difficult and complex question,» the D.O.J. manual states.
The grand jury decision has made Staten Island a focal point of worldwide attention, bringing up issues of race and law enforcement.
Two of the people said the governor's office was served in recent days with a federal grand jury subpoena for documents related to these issues.
«When the second grand jury was presented with all of the evidence and was issued the proper instructions in deciding the case, they courageously came to the right and proper decision,» he said in a statement.
Two years later, the diocese was hit with a bombshell report from a Suffolk County grand jury that found «the history of the Diocese of Rockville Centre demonstrates that as an institution they are incapable of properly handling issues relating to the sexual abuse of children by priests.»
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