Sentences with phrase «obstructs federal justice»

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Rob Walker, who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, has been indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents just weeks before the scheduled start of his former boss» corruption trial.

Rob Walker, a former Republican state assemblyman from Hicksville who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.

Rob Walker pleaded not guilty to obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents at his arraignment in federal court in Central Islip.

Linda Mangano was charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice of making false statements to federal investigators on three separate occasions.

Walker, 43, a Republican and former state assemblyman from Hicksville, surrendered Thursday to federal officials at U.S. District Court in Central Islip before pleading not guilty to obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents.

turned himself into FBI custody Monday morning to face a nine - count indictment including charges that he embezzled $ 440,000 from foreclosure escrow accounts, obstructed justice, tampered with witnesses and evidence and lied to federal investigators.

Sampson turned himself into FBI custody Monday morning to face a nine - count indictment including charges that he embezzled $ 440,000 from foreclosure escrow accounts, obstructed justice, tampered with witnesses and evidence and lied to federal investigators.

Walker in February pleaded not guilty in a separate case to federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents.

Jia «Jenny» Hou, Liu's former campaign treasurer, was found guilty of attempted wire fraud, obstructing justice and making false statements to the FBI after a two - week trial in Manhattan federal court, while Xing Wu «Oliver» Pan was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and attempted wire fraud last week.

«When confronted with their conduct, the Manganos and Mr. Venditto obstructed justice in an attempt to cover up their criminal behavior and Linda Mangano and John Venditto lied to federal agents when questioned about these actions,» he said.

He was convicted last year of obstructing justice and lying to federal investigators.

Walker, 43, a Republican and former state assemblyman from Hicksville, surrendered to federal officials in February, pleading not guilty to obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents.

On Monday, Leibell pleaded guilty in federal court to evading taxes on kickbacks he took and obstructing justice.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

Senators voted to retain a provision, attached to a Justice Department appropriation bill, that would prohibit the use of federal funds to «obstruct the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer.»

Greg Dalton: PG&E was recently convicted of six federal felony charges for obstructing justice.

Recent notable federal cases include representing a college student charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice in the aftermath of Boston Marathon bombing; a pharmacist charged with a multimillion - dollar online prescription drug fraud scheme in the SDNY; and a prominent rabbi charged with kidnapping as a result of an...