Sentences with phrase «in positions of public trust»

«If you are in a position of public trust, and you talk to, meet, or collude with a foreign power» while trying to subvert normal state channels, «you are, in the eyes of the FBI and CIA, a traitor,» said Glenn Carle, a former top counterterrorism official at the CIA.

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«Sadly, we're getting confronted with public officials who are alleged to have abused their positions of trust, in this case the highest - ranking elected official in Nassau County and in the Town of Oyster Bay, for their own corrupt benefit, thereby abusing the public trust,» Robert L. Capers, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said at a news conference.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

By betraying the public's trust in their positions of influence, so do the great and good become the small and silly.

The same is true of public officials, engineers, health practitioners, and other professionals in positions of trust.

Once again — there is no real factual controversy here, simply two legal questions for the judge to answer: did Duffy's taking of the money constitute an act «in connection with the duties of his office» and, if so, was it sufficiently serious (or, to use the Court's words, did it «represent a «marked» departure from the standards expected of an individual in the accused's position of public trust») to warrant the imposition of the criminal sanction.

Those interested in a Passport Specialist position should highlight in their resumes qualifications such as holding a High Risk Public Trust Clearance, knowledge of relevant laws, attention to details, confidentiality, integrity, and effective communication.