Sentences with phrase «illegal gifts»

Pearce is one of 29 Arizona legislators (20 Republicans and 9 Democrats) who accepted illegal gifts from the Fiesta Bowl in the form of all - expense paid trips and free football tickets.

«It is in this area that the Commission bases its finding that there is reasonable cause to believe that a breach of the ethics laws, specifically Public Officers Law § 73 (5) prohibiting illegal gifts, has occurred.»

At issue are likely illegal gifts cops seem to have received from two of Mr. de Blasio's top contributors in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox community.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is investigating two donors to the mayor's campaign and political nonprofits, and their pattern of allegedly giving illegal gifts to police officers.

Rowland, once a rising star for the Republican Party, served 10 months in prison for taking illegal gifts while in office and now as a repeat offender faces the possibility of a much stiffer sentence.

The arrest stemmed from a sprawling investigation into illegal gifts made to NYPD officials that also includes probes into the mayor's fundraising.

(CNN)- Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, once a rising star in the Republican Party who was considered potential presidential material, was indicted along with his wife on Tuesday on federal charges of accepting illegal gifts.

The government followed up by making an illegal gift to American car manufacturers by saying «We're going to break international law and only give subsidies to U.S. auto companies, not foreign - owned companies in the United States.