Sentences with phrase «obstruction of justice after»

In 2014 the Federation amended the Model Code to address this issue, and the risk evidenced by the experiences of the lawyer for Paul Bernardo, who was charged with obstruction of justice after failing to provide the Crown with videotapes showing his client sexual assaulting a number of victims (R. v. Murray, [2000] O.J. No. 2182, 48 O.R. (3d) 544 (Ont.

WHITE PLAINS — Jurors are now deciding whether or not to convict Richard Brega of charges including mail fraud, bribery, theft, and obstruction of justice after Brega allegedly paid bribes to the Rockland County Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) transportation director and falsified documents that indicated his company had completed repairs on several BOCES school buses.

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The 67 - year - old lawyer served in the Bush administration from 2001 to 2005, but resigned after he was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements to the FBI.

Trump also disputed claims of collusion and obstruction of justice in tweets on Tuesday after more than 40 questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wa nts to ask him were revealed in a New York Times article.

Spota announced two weeks ago after his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges that he would be leaving office.

Spota, 76, and McPartland, 51, each faces four counts: conspiracy to tamper with witnesses and obstruct an official proceeding; witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding; obstruction of justice; and accessory after the fact to the deprivation of civil rights, according to the indictment.

Sini, 37, was elected Tuesday to succeed Thomas Spota, who is leaving office Friday after his indictment on federal obstruction of justice charges.

After the Watergate scandal, did Congress pass any laws to make FBI a little bit more free when it comes to investigating politicians who are currently in power, because closing investigations based on POTUS recommendation will be a blatant obstruction of justice (which is exactly what happened in Watergate scandal)?

The ex-police commissioner replaces Thomas Spota, who resigned after being indicted on federal obstruction of justice, witness tampering charges.

The payments included $ 200,000 from Mangano five days after his arrest in October on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice, state Board of Elections records show.

This summer, the Republican candidate criticized the governor, after US Attorney Preet Bharara revealed he was probing the administration for possible obstruction of justice in an ethics probe.

Ex-state senator John Sampson is awaiting sentencing after being convicted on obstruction of justice charges.

Spota resigned effective last Friday after being indicted on federal obstruction of justice charges.

Ex-state Sen. John Sampson is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of obstruction of justice.

After being convicted in July of obstruction of justice and lying to FBI agents, the desperate Brooklyn Democrat will push to have the top counts against him dropped at a hearing in January, court filings reveal.

In July 2014, Bharara went after Cuomo directly for his role in Moreland, writing a sternly worded — and quickly leaked — letter to the governor in which he threatened to investigate Cuomo for witness tampering and obstruction of justice.

On this week's Gazette: Governor Andrew Cuomo is tapping his campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said his office is looking into possible obstruction of justice or witness tampering in the activities of the Moreland Commission.

Jury deliberations could begin Thursday in the federal trial of State Senator John Sampson, after lawyers presented their closing arguments Wednesday in his obstruction of justice case.

If any of those potential criminal offenses were federal crimes, such as mail or wire fraud, then interference with the investigation could conceivably be construed as obstruction of justice, or even aiding and abetting the commission of such a crime or serving as an accessory after the fact to the criminal offense, said several legal experts who declined to speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

Brooklyn Democrats have endorsed Assemblywoman Roxanne Persaud as their choice to replace Sampson, who had to forfeit his senate seat after a jury convicted him in July on charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the feds.

The four - count indictment charges Spota and his chief of investigations, Christopher McPartland, with conspiracy, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, and accessory after the fact to deprive civil rights.

The former Victoria - based lawyer received an 18 - month conditional sentence in 2010, after he was found guilty of obstruction of justice, mischief, and fabrication of evidence.

Trump's latest tweet attack was Monday morning, shortly after Blumenthal spoke on CNN about Russian meddling in last year's presidential election and «potential collusion by the Trump campaign and then obstruction of justice.»