Sentences with phrase «in a corruption scandal over»

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Trump has been scandal - ridden for his entire career — from alleged affairs with porn stars, to hush money payoffs, to alleged corruption in his corporate dealings — and still enjoys an approval rating of over 79 percent amongst white Evangelical Christians.

This is the first major overhauling of staff Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, has undertaken since he took over the majority leader post from Dean Skelos back in May 2015 after Skelos was forced out of office due to a federal corruption scandal.

The «Truth in Spending» legislation (bill # pending) is a response to the numerous public corruption scandals that have rocked the state Capitol to its core over recent months through lack of transparency in budget allocations, due to shadow spending where some leaders and members gamed the system.

Still, as Albany turns to policy in the remaining few session days left, what can actually get done after both legislative leaders were forced to step down following arrests in separate corruption scandals remains a question hanging over lawmakers as well as Cuomo.

Ken Lovett: «As state lawmakers return to Albany this week, the stench of corruption scandals that hung over the Capitol in 2015 is not expected to dissipate any time soon.»

Cox also bashed Cuomo over the ongoing scandal in New York that has threatened to swallow the Democrat's once - imperturbable administration: U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara «s criminal charges against nine of the governor's top aides and donors, which allege extensive corruption in Cuomo's economic development initiatives.

Sheldon Silver was convicted last week on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trail in Federal District Court in Lower Mnahattan — becoming the latest New York politician convicted in a corruption scandal tied to real estate interests.

In response to the barrage of corruption and sexual harassment scandals over the last decade, the Legislature has also dramatically revamped the way it approaches its ethics and sexual harassment training, according to Assemblymember Charles Lavine, a Democrat from Nassau County and former chair of the Assembly's ethics committee.

In a statement, Bharara took a widescreen view of the state's plague of corruption scandals, highlighted by the arrests and convictions of both Skelos and Silver over the past 16 months.

But after Cuomo won the attorney general's job in 2006, he brought a series of corruption cases, retooled his reputation and lay exceedingly low as his likely opponent, appointed Gov. David Paterson, self - destructed over a scandal broken by the Times.

ALBANY — Three weeks after Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration was engulfed in scandal over his office's handling of the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption, only a third of New Yorkers have heard of the now - defunct ethics panel.

A 63 - year - old was arrested at an address in Surrey as former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was released on police bail after being quizzed for nine hours over allegations of corruption and the phone - hacking scandal that forced the closure of the 168 - year - old newspaper.

May 10, 2018 • Mahathir Mohamad, who previously led Malaysia for more than two decades, has won a surprise victory over Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has been embroiled in a long - running corruption scandal.

The United States in the 1870s and»80s was deep in turmoil — a brash young nation torn by a great depression, mired in scandal and corruption, rocked by crises in government, violently conflicted over science and race, and fired up by spiritual and sexual upheavals.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Brazil, a significant contributor to production growth earlier in the year, saw its output slow as the beleaguered semi-state owned Petrobras continued to struggle with its corruption scandal and negotiate with unions and workers over strike action.