Sentences with phrase «of a criminal probe»

Vance, who is running unopposed on the ballot, has come under fire recently for having taken contributions from defense lawyers whose clients — including President Trump's kids and disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein — were targets of criminal probes that did not yield prosecutions.

Not making the trip is Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who, it was revealed last week, is now the focus of a criminal probe by the U.S. attorney's office.

Banks» lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said in a prepared statement that «contrary to what has been reported, Mr. Banks did not retire because he learned that he learned that he was the subject of a criminal probe.»

Reuters was first to report the existence of the criminal probe late Thursday, which hours later was echoed by The Washington Post.

In an interview in January, Shkreli said he was unaware of the criminal probe and denied wrongdoing.

In my naive understanding, the close allies of a subject ¹ of a criminal probe are trying to get access to temporary documents that contain facts that the investigation has already established (and — most importantly — what has not been established yet).

But even as he announced the end of the criminal probe, Vance offered a harsh rebuke to de Blasio's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, when he skirted around caps on donations to individual candidates by funneling money through Democratic counties.

Illinois currently mandates legal representation for children younger than 13 in those cases, even if they're not the targets of the criminal probe.

Councilman Wills has released a statement saying he is not the focus of a criminal probe.