Sentences with phrase «office after his conviction»

Silver, of course, was forced from office after his conviction last year on federal corruption charges.

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«Jack Johnson's reputation was ruined by a racially motivated conviction more than a century ago after he was charged with transporting a white woman across state lines,» McCain said in 2017 as he unsuccessfully urged President Barack Obama to issue a pardon on his way out of office.

Skelos was stepped down from his majority leader post soon after the charges were made public and was formally removed from office after the felony conviction.

In his first public appearance after the corruption conviction of a former top aide, Joe Percoco, Cuomo acknowledged he had known that Percoco was using government offices while working for the governor's 2014 campaign team, but said he believed the work was not political and related to the transition.

After 39 years in office, however, Silver fell far and fast following a conviction on corruption charges in 2015, when a jury found him guilty of colluding with both a physician and real estate interests to rake in millions from referral fees to his law firm in return for political favors.

«Sadly, this was just one of many pockets of corruption this office has uncovered in New York, which has become the «show me the money» state,» Bharara boasted after Smith's conviction.

Two veteran Assembly members and an official from the governor's office said they expect a deal will be struck on the popular ethics measure this legislative election year after an unprecedented string of corruption convictions within the last 12 months.

Weeks after both the ex-Senate majority leader and former Assembly speaker were forced from office following their corruption convictions, a combined 89 percent of voters told Siena that corruption remains a serious problem in Albany.

-- Lawmakers who took office after 2011 can now have their pensions stripped upon the conviction of a public corruption offense; under the agreement, those provisions would be extended to any sitting lawmaker.

«Thousands of rapists could escape conviction after a loophole in Home Office legislation left police powerless to hold on to the DNA of potential suspects.

After reviewing 30 cases of potential wrongful imprisonment for murder from the tenure of his controversial predecessor Charles Hynes, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's office has begun to investigate the former prosecutor's non-homicide felony convictions, too.

Senate Republicans are pushing to keep the seat in the GOP column after former Sen. Tom Libous was ousted from office following his conviction on a charge of lying to the FBI.

Speaking at the Independence Square on Saturday after taking his oath of office, President Akufo - Addo described Mr Mahama as a man who steered the affairs of the nation with conviction.

Cuomo quickly endorsed Fiala's bid for the 52nd Senate district a day after a felony conviction ousted longtime GOP Sen. Tom Libous from office.

Another speaker, Mel Miller, was driven from office after a 1991 corruption conviction that was later overturned, and former Senate boss Joe Bruno was tried twice, in 2009 and 2014, before both were vindicated.

However, Republicans were unable to win the special election to replace Skelos, the former majority leader removed from office after a corruption conviction.

Mr. Gentile showed the graphs to reporters after the event, which illustrated that Mr. Donovan's violent felony conviction rate is just one - tenth of a percent lower than that of the Brooklyn district attorney's office.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» conviction Friday on all eight charges that he «monetized» his office to help get his ne'er - do - well son work from those with important business before the state came days after ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was found guilty of all seven corruption counts against him.

Even though he was essentially convicted of selling his office, the State Constitution treats the pensions of all state employees — even ostensibly part - time legislators — as contracts that can not be impeded, even after a criminal conviction.

And the fifth case is Ruben Wills, removed from office after a recent corruption conviction, who is likely to be replaced by a woman, Adrienne Adams, the favorite in the race.

Foster declined to say Monday evening if she was reconsidering getting back in the race to oppose the comeback of Ganim, who was forced from office in 2003 after a conviction on bribery and kickback charges.

Washington was the 23rd person to be exonerated under the Brooklyn District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit, which late DA Ken Thompson launched after taking office in 2014.

In 2008, Stevens was voted out of office barely a week after being convicted of corruption (the conviction was tossed out in 2009 amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and Stevens died in a plane crash the following year).

The nation's airwaves are broadcasting ad after ad in which this year candidates for office kiss babies, tout their accomplishments, and make promises with seeming conviction All that hoopla comes to a head on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

And after 1826, no Pennsylvania judge was impeached until 1994, when Rolf Larson was removed from office following a felony conviction.

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