Sentences with phrase «official act when»

In their memo seeking bail pending appeal, they stated that if the court constrains the definition of an official act when it comes to trading favors, it's likely Silver's conviction will be reversed and a new trial will be ordered.

Under the new rules of bribery, «a rational jury might have concluded that Silver did not engage in an official act when he agreed to help Dr. Taub with permits for his charity race,» the three - judge panel found.

This was my first official act when I joined the Rye City Council in June 2012 after a corruption scandal.

Not exact matches

Back when the teams were born, global anti-corruption advocates accused Canada of failing to enforce its Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), introduced in 1999.

The White House only found out about the meeting when former acting attorney general Sally Yates informed officials two days later.

At a time when the White House has vowed to act more forcefully against North Korea, Iran and other threats, some officials see the Cuba problem as yet another lesson in the dangers of using intelligence selectively to advance policy goals.

That's why officials adjudicating personnel - security cases must act in a mature, objective and nonpartisan fashion... But when it comes to vetting Trump appointees, they often aren't.»

Rick Arney, co-author of the proposed California Consumer Privacy Act, said support for the measure widened when federal officials opened an investigation into how a data firm, Cambridge Analytica, accessed the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge to help elect President Trump.

The proper meaning of the Church's teaching on this point becomes clearer when one sees the official Latin text, which rather than «open» says, «perse destinatus», which refers to the objective status of the act per se.

When we refer to the Church, make a demand on it or deplore its failure to act, we very often do not mean the Church at all but the official ministry and its representatives.

So issues where the local government can't get their head out of their asses when its there responsibility to act and then blame the federal government, it leaves you and I the citizens to fend for ourselves, possibly for weeks at a time while the officials blame one another.

... [But] School officials started looking into the matter... after an unusual number of girls began filing into the school clinic to find out if they were pregnant» with many of the girls repeatedly returning for multiple tests, and acting disappointed when they found out they were not pregnant.

(2) When a certifying agent or a State organic program's governing State official fails to take appropriate action to enforce the Act or regulations in this part.

The Red Devils have cost themselves plenty of points and it goes without saying that is the case — but there's also no denying that officials have made that quest far harder by failing to act when called upon to do so.

It was not a surprise when Parliament officials announced that Queen Elizabeth II had signed the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act today — the process of «royal assent» is just a formality in Britain's modern monarchy.

«The officials failed to remove him until the end of the speech and when I raised the matter it was not treated with sufficient seriousness by the acting chair.»

State officials across the nation are worried about the «woodwork effect» of the Affordable Care Act — when big parts of the health law go into force in 2014 and million already eligible for Medicaid but aren't already enrolled emerge to sign up for the program.

Due to the fact that the press does not have much love for elected officials, the media has helped to create an aura about these two prosecutors, making Rudy Giuliani the Mayor of the City of New York, and making Preet Bharara arrogant enough to confront the President of the United States of America in what appears to be an act of insubordination, when he said that he would not return his boss» phone call.

Bribery and extortion are two sides of the same coin — bribery is usually charged when the public official accepts a «thing of value» in exchange for an official act.

At a time when the struggles and hardships of women and children who have been sexually abused and harassed are becoming more apparent as victims find the courage to come forward, it is baffling these elected officials are acting as a roadblock.

Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission heard testimony from Board of Elections officials this fall, where they admitted to essentially doing nothing when it comes to enforcing the hundreds of alleged violations of campaign finance laws.

Molo opened his summation with the legal instructions Caproni gave jurors when the trial began Nov. 3: that actions could be taken to «cultivate goodwill, or to cultiave a relationship with the entity that provided the benefit, and not in exchange for any official act» without constituting honest services fraud.

The Supreme Court, in overturning the conviction, narrowed what could be considered an «official act» when related to accusations of corruption — only concrete, formal government actions, not things like setting up meetings or other acts of political courtesies are «official acts,» the court said.

Instead, officials said, the bills, known collectively as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, seek to balance the goal of fairer punishment, laid out by Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat who is the Council speaker, with the Police Department's desire to maintain the discretion that officers use in making arrests, for even seemingly trivial offenses, when they deem it necessary.

But the Supreme Court, in overturning the conviction, narrowed what could be considered an «official act» when related to accusations of corruption — only concrete, formal government actions, not things like setting up meetings or other acts of political courtesies are «official acts,» the court said.

Sulaiman on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5 million through a Guarantee Trust Bank account to Alanamu, as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Sulaiman, on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5m to Alanamu as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Miss Asamoah has told Prince Tsegah on Hitz FM in Accra that Inna Patty nor any official of Exclusive Event, the organisers of Miss Ghana introduced her into any illicit act to help her raise money for her projects when serving the organisation.

Former state education commissioner John King must recuse himself from decisions directly related to New York, even when he takes over as acting US secretary of education after Arne Duncan steps down, according to a federal official.

DiPizio has filed a lawsuit in state and federal court claiming that state officials acted illegally when they terminated her company's contract to build the Canalside ice rink, alleging the contract was given to a Rochester - based firm that had contributed big money to Cuomo and other officer holders.

Longtime gay activist Ethan Geto recalled that when the Assembly passed the marriage bill in 2007, «David, in what may have been an unprecedented act for a lieutenant governor, or any executive official, worked the floor of the State Assembly on the night that the vote on gay marriage was about to occur, encouraging and cajoling assemblymembers to support the bill and, importantly, making the crucial point that gay rights are fundamental civil rights.»

Silver was convicted of using his political influence for political favors; the conviction was tossed last summer, when appellate judges in the 2nd Circuit ruled that the definition of «official acts» had been changed by a previous Supreme Court decision in the public corruption case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

There is a law in the Ghana Transition Act which does not allow an out - going President to ask for the use of his official residence as his permanent home when he retires.

A joint statement issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health pushed back on the comments made by a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday that the state did not act swiftly when warned of a chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls's drinking water.

«A prima - facie case of corruption is established when elected officials are allegedly influenced to act contrary to their obligations of office by the prospect of financial gain to themselves.

Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission heard testimony from Board of Elections officials this fall, where they admitted to essentially doing nothing when it comes to enforcing the 100's of alleged violations of campaign finance laws.

Lynch said the mayor, as well as other elected officials, only pays lip service to supporting the police, but fails to act when it counts.

The officials — Sara Taylor, a former Correction Department chief of staff, and Mark Cranston, a former acting commissioner — were key advisers to Joseph Ponte when he became commissioner in April 2014.

In a filing with the board, Paul McQuillen, the upstate coordinator of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence had argued that Howard acted inappropriately when he lent official authority to what amounted to a political rally.

The fear that Trump will fire Mueller from leading the probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has caused fear among Democrats for months, but gained new traction on Friday when Rep. Jackie SpeierKaren (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Navy to stop announcing names of officials fired for misconduct: report MORE (D - Calif.)

There is also some debate about when board members are acting in their capacity as elected officials, as opposed to private citizens.

The event was the first official outing of Justice Onnoghen since November 10 when he was sworn in by President Buhari as Acting CJN to take over from the now retired Justice Mahmud Mohammed.

The Borough President acted under the authority of a new state law enacted last month that gives the two elected officials who appoint the Board's members the power to remove the Trustees they have appointed when those Trustees fail to satisfactorily perform their duties.

«When you are a public official you are supposed to be acting entirely on behalf of the public and not for self - gain,» said Yasha Heidari, former senior legal counsel to the State Ethics Commission.

Cowal discussed how first and foremost diplomats need to act as advocates for official policies, but warned that problems can arise when the policies go against a respected scientific consensus.

The forecast, though, «does not predict when, where, and how these storms might hit,» Ben Friedman, the acting NOAA administrator said during a press conference, as he and other officials urged coastal residents to begin their preparations.

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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), out of guilt from his participation in these incidences, is in favor of an official act sanctioned by over one hundred countries to put the Avenger's actions in the hands of the U.N. to dictate if and when they are ever needed again.

Following on from the arrival of a UK poster this past weekend, a new international trailer has debuted for Woody Allen's Irrational Man, which you can watch below after the official synopsis... Woody Allen's IRRATIONAL MAN is about a tormented philosophy professor who finds a will to live when he commits an existential act.

And when it happens in schools ~ officials must react and act to show that it will not be tolerated.