Sentences with phrase «of illegal campaign donations»

The prospect of illegal campaign donations and the revelation that Trump employed a draconian non-disclosure agreement to silence a woman might not be as titillating as lurid pictures of the Donald, but both certainly adds to the many serious legal challenges facing his presidency.

Not exact matches

When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

This is what we know: the Electoral Commission is still assessing claims that potentially illegal donations were made; the information commissioner is investigating «possible illegal» use of data; the heads of MI6 and GCHQ have both voiced unprecedented warnings about foreign interference in our democratic systems; the government has refused to elaborate on what these are; one of the leave campaigns has admitted the undeclared support and help of the American hedge fund billionaire who backed Trump; the Crown Prosecution Service is being asked to mount a criminal investigation; and questions have been raised about possible unlawful collaboration between different elements of the leave campaign.

The elder Mr. Kushner built the family's real estate business into a multibillion - dollar empire of apartments and land until he was sent to federal prison in 2005 for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations, many of them to Democratic candidates.

Federal authories are accusing longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon of conspiring to help make an illegal campaign donation by a Canadian interest.

The street campaign organization, dubbed «V15» — «Victory 2015» — became a talking point this week for the Likud Party, as its Knesset members charged that the nonprofit's activities violate election laws by collecting foreign donations from American Jewish peaceniks — billionaire Danny Abraham and healthy snacks entrepreneur Daniel Lubetzky — on behalf of left - wing parties, and engaging in illegal campaign propaganda.

D'Souza, 52, of San Diego, was charged with one count of making illegal campaign donations in the name of others and a second count of making false statements about those donations, authorities said.

It appears that Mayor Richard W. Thomas and his administration may be turning a blind eye to all illegal carting activities by Spiezio's carting companies because of various campaign donations made by said companies owned by his trusted adviser.

Kushner is the son of a wealthy New Jersey developer who was sentenced to prison last year after pleading guilty to tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations.

The argument in the US against the NDA entered into by Stephanie Gregory Clifford, professionally known as Stormy Daniels, Stormy Waters, or just «Stormy», is that the monies promised or paid to her (and the issue of payment is disputed) was or amounted to an illegal campaign donation and this is a criminal act in the US.

Cummings said: «The allegations about illegal donations to BeLeave are false and are part of a campaign to cancel the referendum result.»