The town faces an SEC investigation and
a grand jury probe by Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas.
Not exact matches
President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty on Monday after being indicted
by a
grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's
probe.
The Buffalo News has learned of
grand jury appearances
by several key Maziarz associates in a
probe of the former senator, his campaign funds, and the Niagara County Republican Committee.
Among other things, according to people who have been interviewed
by investigators, the
grand jury probe is trying to determine whether Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's re-election effort benefited improperly from money in the federal fund.
She disclosed in a court filing obtained
by the Times Union that she has a conflict because her husband, Henry, an attorney and former Niagara County GOP chairman, testified two years ago before a federal
grand jury probing Maziarz.
The poll found that
by a 58 percent to 33 percent margin, New Yorkers would back giving Schneiderman the power of special prosecutor to
probe other instances of police brutality after a
grand jury chose to not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Court papers separately filed
by COR executives also contain a copy of the
grand jury subpoena sent to one of them, Joe Gerardi, on April 29, 2016, which shed some additional light on the information sought during the
probe of the Southern District U.S. attorney's office.
In an unusual step that county Democrats say is politically motivated, a former Rensselaer County prosecutor wrote a letter to the Justice Department earlier this year asking federal prosecutors to investigate whether District Attorney Richard McNally had improperly ended the
grand jury probe that was started
by McNally's predecessor, Patricia DeAngelis, a Republican who did not seek re-election in 2007.
The attorney general's
probe marks the first
grand jury investigation of a sitting district attorney
by Schneiderman's office since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order in 2015 giving Schneiderman authority to intervene in cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations with police.
State Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son are being
probed by the US Attorney's Office, which has convened a
grand jury and presented evidence about possible corruption in the latest claim of financial misconduct to rock Albany, sources said.
He also appeared before a Manhattan
grand jury convened in 2015
by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara
probing Niagara County.
In December 2014, a
grand jury led
by the Staten Island district attorney's office declined to indict, opening the door for a federal
probe.
The prosecutors sent a
grand jury subpoena to the Glenwood real estate company in May 2014 as part of their
probe into kickbacks pocketed
by Silver, according to the Manhattan federal court papers filed earlier this month.
Commissioner Daniel Horwitz, who was appointed
by Governor Cuomo, argued against discussing an investigation in public, likening the commission to a
grand jury proceeding, and saying it would not be fair to those who are the targets of a
probe.
Detective Michael Milici was placed on modified duty after pleading the Fifth when questioned
by a
grand jury during the
probe — a disciplinary move that Bratton said was «for the good of the department.»
In a statement responding to the report, Planned Parenthood noted that three other congressional investigations and 13 state - level
probes of the group, including one
by a
grand jury in Texas, have cleared Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing.
A former top deputy to Superintendent of Public Instruction Bill Honig of California is among several people ordered to appear before state or federal
grand juries probing allegations that Mr. Honig violated conflict - of - interest laws
by aiding his wife's consulting firm.