Sentences with phrase «perjury charges»

"Perjury charges" refer to the accusation or legal charges brought against a person for lying under oath in a court of law or during a legal proceeding. Full definition
The more pressing question is whether Clemens will face perjury charges for lying under oath before the House Committee.
A New York police officer was arraigned on perjury charges after prosecutors said he repeatedly lied about how the police found a gun in a Brooklyn apartment.
Democrat Rafael Espinal said he wants to talk with NYPD brass about the possibility of filing perjury charges against accusers who file false complaints against cops.
He later entered a plea of no contest to a felony perjury charge in a deal that spared him a jail term.
Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro cooperated in the investigation in return for the dismissal of felony perjury charges related to what he called a «civil» matter prior to his election.
Croatian prosecutors filed perjury charges against Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric on Friday for his testimony about financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director charged with embezzlement and tax fraud.
The NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board is sick of people lying about police misconduct — and wants to make complainants sign a document warning them that they could be hit with perjury charges for filing false claims.
Another commenter, Katherine Darmer, a former U.S. Attorney quoted in this MLB article opined that Clemens «simply was not credible» and that he ought to prepare himself for the likelihood of perjury charges.
Even before being hit with a federal securities fraud lawsuit by the SEC and independent perjury charges by the DOJ last month, the founder of a now - defunct cryptocurrency exchange had left a trail of lawsuits.
Bad move — especially when it involved a high - ranking officer who, Kaye reports, lied under oath but then «corrected» his testimony, avoiding perjury charges.
Of course, the twin David Johnson domestic violence and Yankees tickets scandals — investigated by former Chief Judge Judith Kaye at Cuomo's request — put the kibosh on that plan, and now the governor might be facing criminal perjury charges to boot.
In exchange, the feds agreed not to prosecute Castro on perjury charges from 2009 stemming from statements he made under oath in an election fraud case.
There, he conducted complex grand jury investigations involving fraud, false statements, obstruction of justice, and perjury charges as aspects of enforcing federal criminal civil rights statutes.
White House officials and others close to the president insist that last week's decision to pardon former Vice President Dick Cheney's senior aide I. Lewis «Scooter» Libby on perjury charges dating to his service in the George W. Bush administration was not intended to send a message to Cohen — but it nonetheless could go a long way toward reassuring the president's lawyer.
They finished their fund - raising this month, just before a grand jury indicted two of the three co-founders on perjury charges stemming from a drunken - driving case.
In the end, Libous was convicted of a sole perjury charge and automatically removed from the Senate.
Given this development, it doesn't appear there will be an endorsement of DiNapoli coming from Gov. David Paterson any time soon (not that this might be something the comptroller would want, considering the governor's approval rating, lame duck status and possible perjury charges).
District Attorney Joel Abelove pleaded not guilty on two misdemeanor counts of official misconduct and a first - degree perjury charge.
Albany County District Attorney David Soares informed Paterson's lawyer in a letter Wednesday that his office won't pursue perjury charges, according to Soares spokeswoman Heather Oarth.
Two days later, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was arrested for taking bribes, and his fellow Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro revealed that he had taped Stevenson and others for federal investigators in order to resolve a previously undisclosed perjury charge.
Before he had to go to parliment and becoming liable to perjury charges Phil Jones admitted the following: 1) There hasn't been any statistically signifigant Global Warming in 15 years 2) There has been statistically insitnifigant Global COOLING in the last seven years 3) That the 80s - 90s warming was very simular to the previous 3 warming periods 4) That there was a Medival Warming Period in the Northern Hemisphere at least.
Today's two appeals were companion cases involving perjury charges against two RCMP officers in the tasering death of a Polish visitor, and the SCC has now dismissed both appeals.
The DMCA handles this by opening the submitter to perjury charges if the takedown was submitted illegally.
Some had previously been accused of business fraud and financial negligence, and faced perjury charges in a drunk driving case.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board is sick of people lying about police misconduct — and wants to make complainants sign a document warning them that they could be hit with perjury charges for filing false claims, officials told The Post on Thursday.
Byron Taylor, 32, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to obstruction of justice and perjury charges for lying to a federal grand jury about the death of Ronald Spear.
Standing in the way, along with the rigors of a campaign and the incumbent, is the fact that Castro served as a government informant for years - to avoid perjury charges.
criminal perjury charges, disciplinary action against police or prosecutors, ex gratia payments, or statutory remedies in Canadian legislation).
District Attorney Joel Ableove is scheduled for a June 20 trial at the Rensselaer County Court House on a felony perjury charge and two misdemeanor counts related to his handling of a grand jury investigation of a fatal police shooting of a DWI suspect in April 2016 in Troy.
Castro resigned April 8 as part of his plea deal with prosecutors, which involved wearing a wire after he was busted on perjury charges — leading to the federal bribery arrest of fellow Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson.
Before being hit with federal fraud and perjury charges, the founder of a now - defunct cryptocurrency exchange had a trail of legal tussles.
Mueller's office has obtained a wealth of subpoenaed documents about the president's conduct and has taken secret testimony from cooperating witnesses — Michael Flynn, former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and former campaign aide Rick Gates — any one of whom would be in a position to contradict Trump and expose him to perjury charges.
Once again, the chief judge points out that for a perjury charge, it's a complete defense that you say: «Wait a minute, I made a mistake.»
And to me that's an aggravating factor that points the finger toward a perjury charge.
Bill Clinton left office with a perjury charge and never won a majority of the vote.
He got dragged into the federal corruption probe when he was caught on a wire offering a bribe to Nelson Castro, a Bronx assemblyman who had agreed to cooperate with the government to get out of a perjury charge.
Baroni's testimony before the committee was technically not under oath, which may make indicting him on a perjury charge more difficult.
Scott called the special election after former Rep. Daisy Baez, a Coral Gables Democrat, resigned after pleading guilty to a perjury charge in an investigation into her residency.
She found that Mr. Paterson had misled state investigators about his acceptance of free tickets to the World Series and forwarded her findings to the Albany County district attorney to determine whether there was sufficient evidence for perjury charges.
A perjury charge against an acting district attorney «taints the very essence of who we are as prosecutors and goes against all that we strive to do to ensure the public's trust in the criminal justice system,» said DAASNY president and Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara.
The perjury charge, a felony, relates to comments from Abelove before the grand jury convened by the AG.
As for the perjury charge that led to his work as an informant, Castro stresses that the actual case had nothing to do with his work in the Assembly.
As an AFPD, Kobie successfully represented clients charged with federal felonies, including fraud, false statements, obstruction of justice, bribery, tax, and perjury charges.
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