Sentences with phrase «over the allegations against»

It follows a highly critical report which found Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg «made mistakes» over the allegations against Lord Rennard.

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One of the most pronounced reactions, though, came when Meyers did a joke about Harvey Weinstein, the longtime film producer who sparked the reckoning over sexual harassment after The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed three decades of allegations against him.

Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller, and CNBC contributor Bob Lutz, former GM vice chairman, weigh in on allegations against Fiat Chrysler from the EPA over diesel emission software.

«Over the last several weeks, decade - old, discredited allegations against Mr. Cosby have resurfaced,» Bill Cosby's attorney John P. Schmitt says in a statement meant to address — and hopefully neutralize — the escalating situation.

The iPhone maker has decided against pursuing the development of an Elvis Presley biopic series in light of allegations last week of The Weinstein Company's co-founder Harvey Weinstein sexually harassing women over decades, Deadline is reporting, citing people who claim to have knowledge of Apple's decision.

Earlier on Tuesday, Deadline reported that Apple pulled the plug on an Elvis Presley biopic, apparently abandoning a development deal for the film with The Weinstein Company over the recent deluge of sexual harassment allegations against that production company's co-founder, Harvey Weinstein.

Pao, for example, a former venture capitalist at well - known Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins, lost a lawsuit last year that she filed against her former employer over allegations that it had discriminated against her because of her gender.

In the same hearing, Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers added their organizations to the list of many other American and international intelligence agencies over the past week that have said there's no evidence to back the president's wiretapping allegation against former President Barack Obama.

The company was recently sued by the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations of discrimination against Asian job applicants.

Over the past few years, allegations ranging from verbal harassment to rape have rocked the careers of these men against a backdrop of increasing awareness about harassment.

The week ended with sexual harassment allegations against venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck which has continued to spiral deeper into the industry this week around the permissive role others played in allowing the behavior over many years.

So far stocks are up since the United States launched a limited military strike against Syria, over allegations it used poison gas on civilians.

released allegations against Jackson that he drank on the job, over-prescribed medication and presided over a toxic work environment.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has said Trump should resign over the abuse allegations against him, said through a spokesman that Trump «has shown through words and actions that he doesn't value women.»

These conversations occurred against a backdrop of daily #MeToo stories and allegations of sexual harassment against executives in numerous industries, making for a lot of interesting conversations that we plan to publish more of over the next several weeks.

This report found that a total of 10,667 people made allegations (just allegations) against 4,392 Priests — around 4 % of the 109,694 Catholic Priests who served during that time — over a 52 - year period (1950 - 2002).

The study indicates that over the past decade the number of allegations of sex abuse against churches and church agencies has averaged about seventy per week.

Neither Cardinal Bertone nor Mr Bandera were indicted in the case, though it is possible prosecutors in the Vatican and Italy now have the evidence they need to mount a case against the builder over the allegation he was paid twice for the same work.

They included the church prioritising reputational concerns over the safety of children when allegations against the clergy came to light.

In England and Wales over the last 40 years 0.4 \ % of all priests have had allegations of such abuse against them.

Baylor University fired head football coach Art Briles on Thursday, stemming from a nearly year - long scandal over how his program handled allegations of player violence against women.

Both Howard and Zimmerman denied the initial report that they received PEDs, then went on to file lawsuits against Al Jazeera for defamation over the documentary's allegations.

A former deputy governor of Osun state and a key chieftain of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Iyiola Omisore, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of blackmail over allegation of fraud being leveled against him.

Adegboruwa is currently handling the case of Tompolo who had sued the Federal Government over N45.9 bn fraud allegations been leveled against him.

This book has been published at a time when the news has been dominated by allegations concerning links in the past between Jeremy Corbyn and the Czech intelligence services and the confrontation with Putin over what appears to be the use of toxic nerve agent against a former Russian spy.

Three members of parliament from the minority led by Mahama Ayariga have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Mike Oquaye over an alleged bribery allegation against the Appointments Committee.

Hip - life musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), A-Plus, has failed to honour an invitation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for questioning over his allegations of corruption against some government officials.

The CCT will tomorrow, Thursday, continue with the trial of Saraki over allegations of false assets declaration preferred against him by the Federal Government.

Labour's suspension of avuncular Kelvin Hopkins over suggestive texts and allegations he rubbed himself up against a female student young enough to be his granddaughter was a reminder Jeremy Corbyn's party also faces penetrating scrutiny.

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.

The governor and Manhattan district attorney are putting aside a squabble over who should investigate abuse allegations against former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A showdown looms Tuesday between the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office and the Syracuse Police Department over the records relating to the sexual abuse allegations against Associate Syracuse University Coach Bernie Fine.

An anti-Democrat political action committee on Tuesday unveiled a Web site attacking Cuomo over the «pay - to - play» allegations against Joseph Percoco, who's accused of pocketing more than $ 300,000 in bribes from companies doing business with the state.

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.

«It would have been better in any case if these tapes were handed over to these judges and magistrates to examine them, look at its authenticity to ensure that what it contains represents the allegations as has been leveled against them,» he said.

Pryce is relying on a defence of marital coercion against allegations she took Huhne's speeding points over a March 2003 incident when his car was caught by a speed camera on the M11 motorway between Stansted Airport and London.

Mahoney and Antonacci traded barbs, and at one point, according to Syracuse.com, Antonacci threatened to sue Mahoney over an allegation that she conspired with a man who planned to file a racial discrimination lawsuit against the comptroller and the county.

The lawyer, Charles Kwesi Bentum argues that the said video evidence lacks coherence, hence leaves doubts over the allegations of corruption leveled against the judges and magistrates.

Washington (CNN) The House Oversight Committee is requesting information from Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson over lavish spending on office redecoration and allegations that he retaliated against one of his employees who refused to spend more than was legally allowed.

But Schneiderman had been tasked with investigating Vance over his handling of a 2015 sexual abuse allegation against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

The bribery allegation followed the reluctance by the Minority side of the Appointments Committee to recommend Mr Agyarko for passage over certain comments he made against former President John Mahama during his vetting.

The bench warrant followed a motion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which had filed different charges against Tompolo, over allegation of diverting N34 billion belonging to the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to personal use and laundering of N22.6 billion.

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 controversy over former President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign funds cropped up on Monday when a nominee to the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, Hajia Maimuna Aliyu, denied allegations levelled against her.

The ruling, which reverses a lower court's decision, came just over a week after ThinkProgress published the leaked records of Officer Daniel Pantaleo from the Civilian Complaint Review Board, showing he had seven disciplinary complaints and 14 individual allegations against him.

Livingstone Wechie has recanted two years after launching a smear campaign against former Governor of Rivers state and now Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi over allegations...

The move came amid a slew of fresh newspaper allegations against the under - fire politician, including an alleged failure to declare business interests and questions over foreign visits.

Polling suggests broad disenchantment with Trump's behavior in the White House over allegations of sexual abuse, affairs with a porn star and former Playmate of the year while married to first lady Melania Trump, and his repeated confrontations and threats against special counsel Robert Mueller.

The APC argued that since allegations over which Fayemi was being invited for investigation were the same allegations over which the minister instituted a libel suit against Fayose's aides, the lawmakers should utilise the matter before the court to establish their case.

It added that the arm - twisting tactic was a panicky measure to divert attention from the criminal libel suit by the former governor against a member of the House, Dr Samuel Omotoso, and the governor's aide, Lere Olayinka, over allegations of fraud.