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The letter comes on the eve of a House hearing on the legality of the subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to Schneiderman's office over the investigation over whether major energy companies downplayed the risks of climate change.
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The U.S. Trade Representative's office is due to rule on an investigation into China's policies following concerns over their impact on intellectual property rights.
Netanyahu's office has repeatedly denied wrongdoing over the investigations, portraying the accusations as a witch hunt against him and his family by a hostile media opposed to his hard - line political views.
President Donald Trump's fury over the raid of his lawyer Michael Cohen's office has initiated a new round of discussion about whether the president will finally fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in an effort to halt investigations into himself and his associates.
With the additional role of cannabis, the Regulatory Services Division has over 300 staff in five offices responsible for licensing, inspections, background checks, audit, mandatory staff training programs, and criminal / provincial investigations with respect to illegal gaming, tobacco, and cannabis retailer offences.
The pharmaceutical company is also under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and the US department of justice over allegations of bribery around the world, including in Poland and Lebanon.
The biggest winners from Australia's lithium boom are under investigation by the Tax Office over the price at which they bought Australian lithium products from a local subsidiary.
«Senate Democrats are desperate to get voters to pay attention to something other than the breathtaking corruption and criminal activity that exists within their own conference, after the State Inspector General turned over the findings of his cash for casinos investigation to the U.S. Attorney's Office so Democrats could be prosecuted for wrongdoing.,» said Reif.
At 9 a.m., the state Senate Committees on Investigations and Government Operations, on Energy and Telecommunications, and on Aging hold a joint public hearing on the power outages in the Hudson Valley over the past two weeks, Legislative Office Building, Van Buren Hearing Room A, second floor, Albany.
Corporate nervousness over the investigations has accelerated since Bharara served a subpoena on Cuomo's office in late April and Schneiderman «raided» SUNY Polytechnic in late May, sources said.
Cuomo said there was a conflict in Vance leading the investigation because the state attorney general's office was probing the Manhattan DA's office over charges that Vance had not vigorously pursued past allegations against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein.
A New York judge has ordered Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to turn over to The New York Times documents related to a corruption investigation of former state officials and upstate contractors that it has withheld for the last year.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office will take over the investigation into what happened to 42 - year - old Raynette Turner, who died July 27 in the Mount Vernon Police Department's cellblock.
The House of Representative's Science Committee has issued subpoenas to the state attorney generals of New York and Massachusetts over an investigation those offices are conducting into fossil fuel companies including ExxonMobil.
Paterson has been accused by many of not being up to the task and is under criminal investigation by Cuomo's office into whether he improperly involved himself in a domestic abuse case and perjured himself over World Series tickets.
Actress Reese Witherspoon on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to open an investigation into Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance over his office's handling of rape allegations against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
The likelihood of criminal charges over the Libor scandal increased dramatically today when the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened an investigation.
The state comptroller had recently been forced out of office over similar charges under the threat of prosecution by the Albany County D.A. (The same D.A. ultimately conducted two investigations of Troopergate.
According to documents obtained by DNAinfo, DiNapoli's office expressed hesitations over the state's $ 7 million proposed sale of Arthur Kill Correctional Facility amid an investigation regarding Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising.
Prompted by recommendations issued by the Town of Gardiner's Board of Ethics following its investigation of a complaint filed against the town supervisor, Carl Zatz has been relieved of his supervisory duties over the Gardiner Transfer Station through the end of this month, when his current term of office ends.
Some staff of the EC are on the heels of the Chairperson over her role in the investigation of some top officials of the commission by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) over the missing GHc480, 000 from the Commission's Endowment Fund for its staff.
There have been allegations the governor's office meddled with Moreland's investigations, just as there have been critiques the governor wields too much influence over JCOPE.
Back in August, Soares» office had asked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to take over the investigation into Ivy's death, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in police - involved civilian deaths.
Franken already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation, but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while he was in office.
Hours after Cuomo spoke to reporters, the state attorney general's office on Thursday raided the office at SUNY Polytechnic that had been used by lobbyist Todd Howe, who has become a central figure in the investigation over the Buffalo Billion.
De Blasio has ordered his staff to review ways to fire his investigations chief amid a tug - of - war over control of an office that monitors corruption in the public - school system, sources said.
He said while the current debate over the Special Prosecutor's Bill was healthy, that office was necessary to take political interference out of the investigation, determination and prosecution of persons caught in the web of corruption.
Meanwhile, another Tory MP facing an expenses investigation, Karl McCartney, has hit out at Conservative head office over the situation.
The investigation into the shooting will be taken over by the AG's office «pursuant to Executive Order No. 147,» according to Schneiderman spokesman Eric Soufer.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office on Thursday continued to question the legitimacy of a review by House Republicans into an investigation over whether ExxonMobile understated the impact of climate change.
Mr. Espada is also under investigation by the Bronx district attorney's office about whether he actually lives in Westchester, and by federal prosecutors over the health clinics.
Speaking on the audit findings on Newsfile, Mr Kwakye said Mrs Attionu has «has been to EOCO (Economic and Organised Crimes Office) over a dozen times and has fully cooperated with the investigations that EOCO is conducting.»
The DA's Office is in the midst of an investigation aimed at the Waldron Terrace Housing Complex in Central Nyack and have hit pay dirt as the seven defendants — who range in age from 26 to 55 — are accused of stealing over $ 300,000 in benefits, and for falsifying applications submitted to, the Village of Nyack Housing Authority and the Rockland County Department of Social Services between 2002 and 2012, making it possible for each to fraudulently receive a variety of public assistance benefits.
Turso also noted that Inspector General Philip K. Eure has over ten years of experience with the U.S. Department of Justice, and over a decade as head of the Office of Police Complaints, an oversight agency in Washington, D.C., and that the OIG - NYPD team is led by Mayor Bill de Blasio's own appointee, Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters.
In addition to records involving the six officials, the subpoena demands that Cuomo's office turn over «all documents or communications related to the investigation by the US Attorney's Office.&office turn over «all documents or communications related to the investigation by the US Attorney's Office.&Office.»
Sacha said the political operatives who are the subject of the Pigeon investigation had control over the DA's office and still do.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered his staff to review ways to fire his investigations chief amid a tug - of - war over control of an office that monitors corruption in the public...
Daley, who was interviewed three times for this story, said he was disappointed when Dillon turned the investigation over to Maloney and Holtzman, and he added that he was also disappointed that nothing came of the information he brought to Dillon's office a year and a half ago.
At a meeting of the State Board of Elections, its commissioners sharply clashed with the board's independent enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, over the role of her office and whether criminal referrals resulting from her campaign finance investigations should be made public.
DeFrancisco, a state senator from Syracuse and a candidate for governor, called on JCOPE to remove Agata over the lack of an investigation into why a close former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was allowed access to the governor's office in Manhattan while he was working for Cuomo's re-election campaign.
The press conference was held less than 24 hours after a top Cuomo administration counsel, Alphonso David, sharply criticized Vance's handling of the sexual assault allegations leveled against Harvey Weinstein as the administration and Manhattan DA's office argued over jurisdiction in the Schneiderman investigation.
A separate investigation last week found that Vance's office had been working on a case against Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump, over allegations that they deceived potential buyers at Trump SoHo by exaggerating sales figures.
Questions remain over whether Cuomo will accept the labor - backed Working Families Party line while it remains under investigation by the US attorney's office.
Allure Group, which runs a half - dozen for - profit nursing homes, is already being investigated by the attorney general's office, the City's Department of Investigation and City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office over the company's involvement in the sale of Rivington House, a former AIDS nursing facility on the Lower East Side.
«This matter is under investigation and until such time as jurisdiction over the incident is established, there will be no further comment form this office,» Fitzpatrick said in a one - paragraph news release.
As the two investigations diverged, the U.S. attorney's office focused almost exclusively on potential quid pro quo arrangements with de Blasio donors from the 2013 campaign, while Vance's office remained focused on complaints referred by the state Board of Elections over whether the mayor violated contribution limits in steering money to Democratic State Senate candidates in 2014.
Andrew Tyrie said today's confirmation by Cabinet Office minister Ken Clarke that the investigation would instead be handed over to Parliament's controversial Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was «a mistake».
The state Attorney General's Office announced Tuesday it was taking over an investigation into the fatal shooting by Buffalo police of a suspect who police accused of wounding an officer.
The investigation was turned over to Suffolk police and the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office.
The state Attorney General's office is opening an investigation into voting irregularities after receiving over 1,000 complaints from New Yorkers in the wake of Tuesday's botched presidential primary.