Sentences with phrase «major indictment»

Dean Skelos» arrest marks the second major indictment of a leader of a legislative body following the case against Silver in January for using his powers as an elected official to elicit millions «in bribes and kickbacks» that he masked as legitimate income.

Things had grown stagnant at Arsenal, and the way in which Klopp has revitalised him is a huge compliment to the German, but also a major indictment of how Arsene Wenger's former magic has deserted him.

I would not consider that a major indictment, since many funds lost money in 2008, and reasonable investors could well have anticipated a rebound.

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I would argue that major trends in American society are more of an indictment of globalization's effects on community than a model for the world to follow.

More than 18 months after a coroner found poor safety measures at the family - owned winery were a major cause of the blast, WorkCover has confirmed it has lodged an indictment in the district court against W Drayton and Sons Pty Ltd, trading as Drayton Family Wines.

In 2003, when the indictment was first announced, Charles Taylor was a major destabilising force in West Africa.

In the second scheme, the indictment said, Howe was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by two major campaign contributors to Cuomo — COR of Syracuse, and LP Ciminelli, a Buffalo construction company — and worked with Kaloyeros to give them advantages in bidding for major projects, including the so - called «Buffalo Billions» project.

A 2016 indictment in a corruption probe pursued by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara alleged, among other charges, that a construction deal worth $ 750 million was steered to Louis Ciminelli, a major Cuomo donor.

Two separate drug trafficking rings in Western New York were dealt major blows Tuesday when sealed indictments were opened and 40 people were arrested.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There is a major shake - up underway in Albany following the bombshell indictment of longtime Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

New York's top law enforcement officials were joined by Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Police Chief Steven Krokoff in Albany on Tuesday to announce a major drug indictment.

And late this morning, a Washington, D.C. source confirmed the information, adding that the target of one federal corruption indictment will include at least one sitting New York State judge and other individuals - all with ties to major banks...

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In a December 4 statement, more than a dozen major groups from New York's LGBT advocacy community came together to voice their «outrage over the lack of indictment in the Eric Garner case.»

A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment in a major corruption case involving Joe Percoco, a former top aide to the governor who was snared in a state economic development scandal.

And a long - standing gentlemen's agreement between the two major parties to not attack each other's stronghold in the legislature (Democrats control the Assembly, Republicans the Senate) has fostered a culture of impunity in Albany that has only been jostled, but not cleansed, by the frequent indictment of sitting lawmakers.

Steve McLaughlin of Schaghticoke said Silver's indictment was «an indictment of the culture of Albany and the three - men - in - a-room culture,» referring to the private negotiations of all major issues by the governor and the Senate and Assembly leaders.

As Cuomo spoke from New York City, he mentioned the need to restore «trust in government,» but did not address government ethics, despite the facts that his administration has seen a major corruption scandal in the past year and that the state Legislature has continued to see a parade of indictments.

The case involves many elements of state government that have been attacked as corrupt and unethical - from the LLC loophole that allows donors to pump the lifeblood of campaign cash into the Republican conference, or the 421 - A tax break for developers that has been attacked as a giveaway to corporate donors, major issues at play in the indictment are parts of how Skelos managed to keep himself and the Senate Republicans in power in Albany.

The reduction may be an aberration, though it occurred during a session that included federal indictments against the Legislature's top two leaders, which seemed to blunt the donations from at least one major donor.

The governor came to town Friday, fresh off the indictment of three of his close associates and two of his major campaign contributors and attempted to claim victory.

The Daily Telegraph called this verdict «one of the most serious indictments of the running of one of the nation's major cultural institutions in living memory.»

The verdict - that the Tate broke charity law but not the criminal law - is one of the most serious indictments of the running of one of the nation's major cultural institutions in living memory.

[14] The Daily Telegraph called the verdict «one of the most serious indictments of the running of one of the nation's major cultural institutions in living memory».

I will suggest it comes from the same person who gave the «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» phrase its first major media traction as a «smoking gun» indictment of skeptic climate scientists, Ross Gelbspan.

Due to increasingly vague criminal provisions and the major reputational damage connected to — even false — indictments, corporations hold a vulnerable position in negotiating prosecution agreements.

And prosecutors try to prove each count brought against an accused, even minor, summary counts, when they should simply drop the minor counts in the indictment and focus on the major ones.

Argued in written brief and oral argument multiple pre-motions arising in major crime cases including but not limited to Rule 404B motions, Motions in Limine, Motion to Dismiss Indictments, Wade Hearings, Miranda Hearings and Motions to Suppress Evidence.

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