Sentences with phrase «official at the justice»

It instead asked officials at the Justice Department, of which it is a part, to explain that no such wiretaps existed.

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Collectively, the Justice Department officials said, these three laws improperly attempt to regulate federal immigration at the state level.

The Obama administration also considered charging WikiLeaks and Assange, but Justice Department officials at the time decided that doing so would be problematic, since WikiLeaks arguably did the same thing that journalistic organizations like the Washington Post do.

So Trump's tax return could tell how much income they made, offering fresh information about the financial health of his organization, according to Robert Kovacev, a lawyer at Steptoe & Johnson and former Justice Department Tax Division official who represents taxpayers in high - profile tax disputes with the IRS.

On Monday, at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, Mr. Stephenson and AT&T's general counsel, David McAtee, met with Makan Delrahim, the new assistant attorney general for the department's antitrust division, and other Justice Department officials.

20.02.18... The Estonian state needs to understand the necessity of a state reform that would cut the number of officials exercising public authority by half, prominent lawyer and former Minister of Justice Jüri Raidla said in a speech at a meeting dedicated to the centennial of the Republic of Estonia on Monday.

According to prepared statements from the Justice Department, an official at the DOJ said it needs more help catching criminals who use the secretive currency.

«We're grateful to officials at the Treasury and Justice Departments who have been working to resolve this banking crisis.

Rosenstein's comments came at the end of a wide - ranging conversation at the Newseum in Washington to commemorate Law Day, which happened to fall a day after the Washington Post reported that conservative allies of President Trump had drafted impeachment articles against the Justice Department's No. 2 official.

Meanwhile, Rachel Brand, the third - ranking official at the Department of Justice, also stepped down — for fear that she would have to manage the Russia probe if her superior, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, were to quit or be fired.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

«At the official press conference that unveiled Caritas in Veritate, Cardinal Mgr Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council of Peace and Justice -LSB-...] said that Cold War ideologies «have been replaced by the new ideology of technology,» and that the «arbitrary nature of technology is one of the greatest problems of today's world.»

Many of these ideas were episcopally appropriated in the documents of the conference of Latin American bishops at Medellín in 1968, three years before Gutiérrez's landmark book appeared — especially those on «Justice» and «Peace,» in the composition of which Gutiérrez played a part as one of the official periti at the conference.

Editor's Note: CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden passes along this note on the meeting faith leaders had with Attorney General Eric Holder: A senior Justice Department official who was present at the meeting later clarified Holder's comment as follows: «Yes, the Attorney General did refer to the plan [to burn the Qurans] as «idiotic.»

There is much to be said, for instance, on behalf of Justice Kennedy's complaint that the decision deprives the people of California of the right to govern themselves by referenda, if the losers of a plebiscite can challenge the outcome and, with the collusion of friendly state officials unwilling to defend the people's will, win in court what they can not win at the ballot box.

Instead, however, and as the best substitute, the Church would need to give the individual Christian three things: a more living ardour of Christian inspiration as a basis of individual life; an absolute conviction that the moral responsibility of the individual is not at an end because he does not come in conflict with any concrete instruction of the official Church; an initiation into the holy art of finding the concrete prescription for his own decision in the personal call of God, in other words, the logic of concrete particular decision which of course does justice to universal regulative principles but can not wholly be deduced from them solely by explicit casuistry.

And the measure would have schools consult with state law enforcement officials at the Division of Criminal Justices to create a model curriculum focused on gang violence prevention.

At a union hall rally today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the official kickoff of the «Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice,» or as the twitter handle calls it, «@Fightfor15NY.»

Former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara took a shot at Trump's Justice Department, questioning its judicial independence in light of efforts by former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani to persuade «senior officials» to help him free a jailed businessman being prosecuted by Bharara's old office.

It's open knowledge that judges especially at Supreme Court are often addressed with the word «Justice» prefixed to their official names, is our learned Madam Sophia Akuffo saying that, this practice is also wrong?

A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.

Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.

The motion contains an affidavit by Town of Oyster Bay Republican Councilman Joseph Muscarella where he states that following the November, 2016 election, he and his brother, Thomas Muscarella, met at a Mineola restaurant with former Nassau Democratic Party official and now State Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald, to congratulate him on being elected to a judgeship.

Walker, 43, a Republican and former state assemblyman from Hicksville, surrendered Thursday to federal officials at U.S. District Court in Central Islip before pleading not guilty to obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents.

Kazeem, who addressed the media alongside senior officials of the Ministry, said Governor Ambode had been at the vanguard of the war against domestic, sexual and violent crimes, and that the centre was geared towards vigorous justice sector reforms.

ALBANY — Three months ago, Akeem Browder said it was an «honor» to have the story of his brother Kalief told at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State address and to have officials vow to change the criminal justice system.

We were very disappointed that accurate information on firearms licensing processing times could not be produced at a recent meeting with police and department of justice officials.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

I believe policy can be advanced most effectively when an elected official works with all groups that can be affected and who stand for justice — I would include people with disabilities at the table when crafting legislation that I sponsor or co-sponsor, as they would represent the largest minority group in the U.S.

The three EC officials appeared individually before the Chief Justice in the company of their lawyers, at the office of the Judicial Service located at the Supreme Court on Monday.

At least not after the guidance the Supreme Court had handed down in the McDonnell case, which found the justices grappling with what counts as an «official act» under federal anti-bribery statute.

Abinanti, who at one point proposed a bill to abolish the Justice Center (it didn't gain traction in the Legislature) said he recently had an lengthy meeting between agency officials and parents of the disabled as well as operators of centers for the disabled and other providers overseen by the Justice Center.

Dan Weiner, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice's Democracy Program at New York University, said that many of the allegations against Silver will still constitute official acts if the case again goes to trial.

The three top EC officials today [Monday], appeared individually before the Chief Justice in the company of their lawyers, at the office of the Judicial Service located at the Supreme Court.

Held at the National Action Network's House of Justice on 145th Street, the celebration featured appearances by almost all of New York's statewide elected officials and all of New York City's citywide elected officials.

Also at 11 a.m., elected officials and activists will launch the «Raise the Age New York» campaign — a movement to increase the age at which teens are prosecuted as adults in the criminal justice system, outside Manhattan Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, Lower Manhattan.

At 1 p.m., NYC Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters, New York County DA Cyrus Vance Jr. and NYPD officials discuss a bribery case during a news conference; fifth floor, Manhattan Family Justice Center, 80 Centre St., Manhattan.

At noon, elected officials and family members hold a press conference to demand U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and the Justice Department prioritize a case in the unjust killing of Ramarley Graham and move forward prosecution of NYPD officers responsible, outside Bharara's office, 1 St. Andrew's Pl., Lower Manhattan.

At 9 a.m., actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, NYC Councilman Robert Corny and representatives of the groups Black Lives Matter and The Coalition for African Peace and Justice hold a news conference to call for federal officials to send humanitarian aid and take further action in response to attacks in Nigeria by supporters of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Justice Department officials are taking a fresh look at Clinton's use of a private email server while she served as secretary of State.

At 6 p.m., NYC Councilman Rory Lancman, elected officials, social justice advocates and local artists celebrate the grand opening of the Social Justice Art Show, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161 - 04 Jamaica Ave., justice advocates and local artists celebrate the grand opening of the Social Justice Art Show, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161 - 04 Jamaica Ave., Justice Art Show, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161 - 04 Jamaica Ave., Queens.

At 9:15 a.m., NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and religious officials who are members of the Bronx Clergy Criminal Justice Roundtable and the New York City Clergy Roundtable are scheduled to meet; Bronx Christian Fellowship church, 1015 E. Gun Hill Rd., the Bronx.

Rev. Al Sharpton «s National Action Network Youth Huddle is having a community open forum at 7 pm at the NAN House of Justice in Harlem with a panel of activists, community leaders and elected officials to discuss their 2017 agenda.

In April 2009, officials at the United States Department of Justice acknowledged that the NSA had engaged in large - scale overcollection of domestic communications in excess of the federal intelligence court's authority, but claimed that the acts were unintentional and had since been rectified.8

At 2 p.m., environmental justice advocates, community groups, and city officials will meet to stage an emergency drill to test and evaluate community preparedness for future hurricanes and other major climate disasters, THE POINT Community Development Corp., 940 Garrison Ave., the Bronx.

Officials at the state's Department of Criminal Justice Services did not immediately respond to Klein's criticism.

The following day, Governor Andrew Cuomo also held a NaturalizeNY event at John Jay College of Criminal Justice with immigration advocates and elected officials.

«We share the concerns of community members, law enforcement officials and youth facility staff that current policies at the Office of Child and Family Services, including the closure of 14 youth facilities, are making a bad situation worse in the juvenile justice system,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue.

On the ICC order, the report said: «The Ministry of Justice and Attorney - General (MoJAG) stated that the company could not be traced at their last official address.

Justice Ademola was also said to have on January 5, 2015 in his capacity as a public servant «corruptly received from Joe Odey Agi a BMW Saloon 320i valued at N8, 500,000 through your son, Ademide Ademola, as gratification in the exercise of your of your official functions as the judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria».