Sentences with phrase «of embarrassing scandals»

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Melania Trump has suffered through one of the most embarrassing scandals as the wife of President of the United States Donald Trump.

For the 85 - year - old pontiff, the three - day trip outside the Vatican walls was a break from the Vatileaks scandal, which has seen his butler, Paolo Gabriele, arrested on suspicion of disclosing dozens of embarrassing letters alleging corruption and nepotism at the Holy See.

There will be more embarrassing headlines, notably from Los Angeles, but the fevered pitch of national scandal has subsided and is not likely to be reignited.

The scandal over N15 billion recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Osborne Street, Ikoyi, Lagos is quite embarrassing because the Director General of NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke, has claimed that the fund belonged to the agency.

The scandal over the N15 billion recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos is quite embarrassing because the director general of the NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke has claimed that the fund belongs to the agency.

Now Mr Huhne faces a slow - moving embarrassing scandal of his own.

Disenchanted members of Gov. Cuomo's administration, embarrassed by the worsening government scandals and convinced that Cuomo won't be president, will soon leave their jobs — just as the governor is stepping up plans to run for re-election next year.

If nothing else, Trump as governor would have spared New York the most embarrassing ordeal of its recent political history — the prostitution scandal that engulfed the Spitzer administration and forced Gov. Black Socks to resign.

Cuomo raised eyebrows and embarrassed DiNapoli as he announced a series of multimillion - dollar settlements in the state pension - fund scandal and then disclosed that his office was looking into the comptroller's role in meeting with politically connected companies seeking control over the investment of pension - fund money.

Meanwhile, one of the most famous judges implicated in the scandal, Justice John Ajet - Nasem, has in a written statement, said Anas entrapped him with the supposed items and money with an intention of embarrassing him.

And 68 % of them said they were embarrassed by the attention brought on by Weiner and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who's making a comeback bid for city comptroller after his 2008 prostitution scandal.

The Ghana Federation of Labour says Organised Labour is embarrassed by the scandal that has rocked the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

Fayose said it was embarrassing, shameful, disgraceful that a man of Falana's standing, reputed to be a human rights activist, friend of the masses, crusader of justice and defender of democracy, could be linked to such a scandal.

Spitzer, of course, saw that blow up in his face as governor when damning and embarrassing emails he and his top aides sent during a state police records scandal that engulfed his brief administration surfaced during several investigations.

Smith, representing much of southeastern Queens, was also involved in an embarrassing Aqueduct casino bid - rigging scandal, which remains under investigation by the FBI.

PARIS — A medical scandal involving a diabetes drug has raised questions about the rigor of France's regulatory system and has embarrassed politicians from both sides of the political aisle.

Anyhow, now we have to deal with the new Blu - ray of his crowning cinematic achievement in the wake of a truly embarrassing scandal, leading to all kinds of easy jokes that we will refrain from indulging in here.

No amount of embarrassing reports, personal scandal and publicized controversy can detract from the fact that Russell has been making great cinema every year or two since The Fighter restored the luster to a career built on promising indies.

For those interested in private school choice, two political advantages are claimed: 1) High - regulation addresses some objections, winning votes among skeptics to improve the political prospects of passing and sustaining those programs; 2) High - regulation protects private school choice programs from the political damage caused by scandals and embarrassing outcomes.

The latest scandal to rock the school system, an unexpected and embarrassing $ 80 million budget shortfall revealed in September 2001, seems to indicate that the District's woes are far from settled and that Vance has yet to appoint a team of professionals whom he can trust.

«Finally, I would like to put to rest any concerns you may have about him embarrassing the Church with the scandal of an adulterous affair.

Terrified that word might leak out and cause a highly embarrassing scandal, the Palace calls on Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch to solve the murder, quickly and discreetly.

The paid review and sock - puppet review scandals that rocked Amazon this summer after revelations by Locke — and an embarrassing number of others — have resulted in a draconian crackdown on all Amazon reviews.

Which is why they tried to turn the genuinely unfortunate and embarrassing failure of a high - profile cleantech project like Solyndra into a scandal that represented the entire industry.

Rather, they are the embarrassing battle - cries of a media scandal, in which a few journalists have misled the public with grossly overblown or entirely fabricated pseudogates, and many others have naively and willingly followed along without seeing through the scam.

A FIFA executive committee announced on Tuesday (17 July) that Garcia had been unanimously appointed alongside German judge Hans - Joachim Eckert to lead an internal inquiry probing a series of corruption scandals that have embarrassed FIFA executives and prompted Swiss court proceedings.