Sentences with phrase «officials say the allegations»

But Syracuse officials say the allegations also put the Inner Harbor project in doubt.

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He cited comments by Vice President Mike Pence and other U.S. officials who said the allegations were baseless.

During a staff meeting, Kelly told those in attendance to say he took action to remove Porter within 40 minutes of learning that abuse allegations from two ex-wives were credible, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because discussions in such meetings are supposed to be confidential.

On Monday morning, Facebook officials said they were undertaking an audit into the allegations about Cambridge Analytica.

Officials in both Utah and Canada also say they will begin active investigations into other allegations against Jeffs, using evidence introduced at trial in Texas.

«It's not because they're bad men or want kids to be harmed,» said Anderson, speculating about the motives of top officials at Penn State and the church who allegedly kept quiet about abuse allegations, «but because they want to preserve the reputation of the institutions.»

Despite the harsh charges leveled in the lawsuit, Benjamin said seeking to have the courts take over a governmental body run by elected officials — even a government steeped in allegations of fraud — is fraught with legal questions.

Morgan Stanley officials briefed on the process say that amid a national outcry over sexual harassment, the bank had little choice but to fire former Rep. Harold Ford Jr. after it learned of an allegation against him, even though the charge was never corroborated.

While she refused to comment on the «disturbing» allegations, Rice came out more strongly, saying that, if proven true, the charges will confirm New Yorkers» beliefs that there are two sets of rules — one for public officials and one for everyone else

The attorney also disputed the allegations involving Oyster Bay, saying Mangano «had absolutely no authority or influence over any decision Oyster Bay officials made to extend to Mr. Singh a loan guarantee.»

«The indictment is utterly devoid of any coherent allegation that Mr. Mangano engaged in any official action for Mr. Singh — as he did not,» Keating said in a statement.

He said federal officials had taken more than two years to scrutinize every contract Walker handled and every campaign contributed he received, and found no allegations of bribery, official misconduct or improper contributions.

The number of inmates held in solitary confinement on New York City's Rikers Island has fallen sharply, in what city officials say is a sign of a gradual turnaround at a jail complex marred by allegations of violence and abuse.

Governor Cuomo said this week he does not believe it's appropriate to have a face - to - face meeting until an ongoing Erie County District Attorney investigation into allegations the Seneca Gaming Authority eavesdropped on state gaming officials concludes.

Officials with the New York State Catholic Conference said the organization's schools already have their own reporting requirements when it comes to allegations of sexual abuse by staff.

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same.

The Lawyers in an official letter addressed to members of the 5 - member ad - hoc committee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed by our client to convey to you, which we hereby do, his desire to appear before your committee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interest.»

Lowell, who represented Williams's former company in the McDonnell case, said prosecutors would now have to decide in the cases of Menendez and others «whether the allegations go to what the Supreme Court said was the public official's authority to act, and to be doing more than what is the typical, expected constituent service that our system depends on.»

Mendez repeatedly defended Zanca, telling DOE officials the allegations were «manufactured and untrue,» the suit says.

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.

An official spokesman for Blair dismissed the various allegations in the book slightly more politely, saying:

However, the allegation that Treasury documents leaked to the Tories showed an «unexplained» extra # 14.8 billion for 2011 - 2012 was «wrong», officials said.

Ekujumi said, «Just this morning of June 28th 2017, while listening to the News at 10 am on a national radio station, Raypower FM, the Osun State chapter Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was quoted as calling for the postponement of the Osun West Senatorial zone bye election scheduled for Saturday 8th July, 2017 on the allegations according to him that, some INEC officials are colluding with some members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to disenfranchise voters.

The Marine Corps is looking into allegations that an unknown number of potential Marines, as well as current and former service members, shared naked and compromising photos of their colleagues on social media, Marine officials said.

A lawyer for the Trump transition team said Mueller's investigators improperly reviewed some emails from transition officials, an allegation that comes amid charges of bias by the special counsel's probe.

Three people familiar with the firings said that Tuffey and Sardinia were among several Thruway Authority officials who were interviewed last year by Inspector General Catherine Leahy - Scott, whose office was probing allegations that a high - ranking authority official may have used a government - issued cellphone to place calls to a suspected prostitute.

«Unlike Governor Cuomo who initially refused to return the more than $ 100,000 from known - creep Harvey Weinstein and wound up being the last elected official in the nation to return his tainted money, we made the decision to donate Mr. Wynn's money on the same day the allegations broke,» Proud said.

Democratic Majority Counsel William F. Collins is stepping down, Assembly officials said, after it was learned he received information about allegations that Assemblyman Micah Kellner had written sexually suggestive comments to a female staffer in 2009.

Woerner said he and other town officials were reluctant to give the rumors too much credence, in part because of a successful lawsuit by a former Town ofUlstercop who claimed that his promotion was blocked based on similarly unsubstantiated allegations of domestic violence.

She said party officials thought it was «hilarious» when she told them about the allegations the following morning:

At the time the allegations surfaced, Brown said they were «very troubling — particularly because they involve the actions of a public official who has a special responsibility to uphold and obey the law.»

The Unite official at the centre of allegations of vote - rigging over the selection of a Labour parliamentary candidate in Falkirk resigned from his position at the Grangemouth power plant after a witch - hunt against trade unionists, Len McCluskey has said.

And at one point, Hoyt said he called Cuomo's office, and officials said they wanted the allegations to «go away,» the suit alleges.

«Today's arrest and allegations are certainly disturbing and each and every elected public official should be held to the highest standards and those who lack transparency and take advantage of a position of power should be held accountable and there is no difference in this situation,» Kennedy said.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has written to the shadow Cabinet Office minister to say «there has been no contact from officials» with former No 10 policy adviser Patrick Rock since his arrest over allegations linked to child abuse images.

Akufo - Addo's action corroborated a statement he made during the NPP's 25th annual delegates conference in the Central Region last Saturday, when he said, his government will take allegations of corruption against its officials seriously, and expects that persons who make such allegations present evidence to back their claims.

Dazang said the commission decided on Tuesday that INEC's officials, who were found guilty by the EFCC of allegations against them during the 2015 polls be sanctioned according to the commission's conditions of service.

Following allegations made by Mr. Cohen against the outside auditing firm Nawrocki Smith, which was working with the state comptroller as well as several town officials in untangling the town's finances, Mr. Bernard wrote Ira McCracken, a chief examiner for the office of the State Comptroller, in May, asking if someone from his office had ever sent a letter to Zachary Cohen saying that Mr. Cohen was correct in one of his criticisms of Nawrocki Smith.

Republicans had remained «silent amid sexual assault allegations involving Steve Wynn, one of their party's most senior officials,» said DNC deputy communications director Sabrina Singh.

Asked about the low rate of referral of allegations of abuse to law enforcement — for example, only a quarter of sexual abuse cases were reported — officials said they were reviewing flaws in their record - keeping.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that Murdoch's News Corp. tried to hack into the phone messages of U.S. 9/11 victims and families, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.

Prime Minister Theresa May will not interfere with the official process of approving her predecessor David Cameron's resignation honours list despite allegations of cronyism, Downing Street has said.

Following complaints from a biosolids company, an EPA official used agency letterhead to spread allegations of research misconduct against Lewis, a situation that Lewis says led to him being forced out in 2003.

Harassment Epidemic Updates AV Club on Hollywood's long overdue moral reckoning New Yorker Emily Nussbaum has a terrific piece on Louis CK's comedy through the lens of recent allegations New York Times Louis CK has confessed to the claims against him «These stories are true» Medium Actor Anthony Edwards has come forward to say he was molested by a producer when he was underage Guardian Ellen Page has detailed homophobic remarks director Brett Rattner made to her during the production of X-Men: Last Stand Washington Post showing their utter depravity GOP officials are now citing the bible to justify Roy Moore's sexual assault on an underage girl.

An official of the school system, who asked that he not be named, said that if an investigation by a five - member committee substantiates the allegations on a case - by - case basis, the Los Angeles school board will likely dismiss the 84 teachers and three principals implicated in the scheme.

MIAMI — The largest operator of online schools in the United States is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education over allegations the company may employ teachers who are not properly certified, a state official said on Tuesday.

County officials who have investigated the matter say there is no evidence to support any allegations of abuse or neglect.

It was the fourth time in several years that humane society officials had been called to investigate allegations of animal cruelty on the property near State Road 524, said Clara Gunde, director of the Humane Society's central branch.

The unverified allegations — including a claim Russia has material that could be used to blackmail Mr. Trump — were deemed sufficiently significant by senior intelligence officials... They said sharing of such unverified information was taken out of an abundance of caution...