Sentences with phrase «political aides»

The company spent just over $ 13 million on lobbying in 2017, with the bulk of the money spent on an in - house lobbying team that's stocked with former Republican and Democratic political aides, according to disclosure records filed with the House and Senate.

His 2011 report said it was highly unusual for the government to pay the massive legal bills of former political aides Dave Basi and Bob Virk after they pleaded guilty to breach of trust.

«The clear takeaway for Tom was that the President issued us a challenge,» one of Steyer's political aides said.

Vice President Gore decided to head the U.S. delegation, despite the concerns of his political aides.

The political aides and officials appeared uncomfortable, seemingly feeling the size of the disconnect between Dr. Hansen's prescription for climate safety and the realities of politics and economics.

Barry paints a true - to - life world of political aides — from the subtle sexism Lydia faces to the long, stress - filled hours.

Suddenly freed from responsibility, the senator begins speaking truthfully about issues — much to the consternation of his long - suffering political aides (Oliver Platt, Jack Warden and Joshua Malina) and the lobbyists supporting his re-election bid (including Paul Sorvino).

Mr Corbyn apparently wants candidates to be from a «geographical spread» and for a blanket ban on politicians or political aides being given honours.

This will let the ambitious anti-corruption crusader to continue to target big game, with the mayor and his top political aides now in his sights.

Not long ago, one of our newspapers reported that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, eased out over 100 aides, raising the question of how many political aides he assigned to himself in the first place.

Sources confirmed that there was an understanding by the presidency that the political aides, as well as the ministers are on a six - month probation when they were appointed starting from June last year.

He also called de Blasio «corrupt,» pointing to the parallel probes by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance of de Blasio and / or his top political aides in two potential schemes.

Cuomo was so close to Pigeon — charged last week with nine felonies in connection with the alleged bribing of a state Supreme Court justice — that he gave him a key role in his 2014 re-election campaign despite objections from more important political aides like Joseph Percoco and Larry Schwartz, who considered him «untrustworthy and a little sleazy,» a source close to the campaign told The Post.

The New York Times revealed last night that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance had impaneled grand juries to consider charging the mayor and / or his top political aides in two potential schemes.

Sugarman's internal memo accuses de Blasio and his political aides of breaking campaign finance laws by funneling contributions over the legal limit into county committees in an unsuccessful effort to return the state Senate to Democratic control in 2014.

Nearly all voters think Carwyn Jones got it wrong when he relied on political aides and party officials to look into the allegations made against his cabinet colleague.

I have no problem with his political aides recruiting candidates and nudging (er, pushing) others aside, such as New York Gov. David Paterson.

Political Aides are people that their office hires to do a lot of that research and clerical work.

Albany insiders predict that state Board of Elections Chief Enforcement Officer Risa Sugarman's days are numbered if Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. doesn't agree with her recently leaked finding that Mayor Bill de Blasio and several political aides broke the law by raising large sums of campaign cash for state Senate candidates.

Both prosecutors have impaneled grand juries to consider charges against the mayor and / or his top political aides, but de Blasio's office today insisted that his meetings with them were not part of any sort of deal.

The string of endorsements come just as the New York Times revealed recently that U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance impaneled grand juries to contemplate charging the mayor and / or his top political aides in two alleged schemes over his fundraising.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was so close to Steve Pigeon, who is now facing felony corruption charges, that he gave him a key role in his 2014 re-election campaign despite objections from political aides like Joseph Percoco and Larry Schwartz, who considered him «untrustworthy and a little sleazy,» a campaign source told The NY Post's Fred Dicker.

In the final year of the Cameron government, 20 advisers breached the new pay cap and the total bill for political aides reached # 9.2 million.

On the former, Mr. de Blasio often relied instead on the city's corporation counsel and Henry Berger, the mayor's special counsel; on the latter, he favored his top political aides.

The call from Sen. Adriano Espaillat and city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa come after Gov. Chris Christie apologized in a lengthy news conference for his government and political aides shutting the bridge down in order to exact political retribution on the mayor of Fort Lee.

One of Tony Blair's key political aides, Ruth Turner, has been arrested by police investigating the cash - for - honours row.

Asked if he was suggesting that he would base his decision on the outcome of the two grand juries currently weighing whether to charge the mayor and / or his top political aides in two potential criminal schemes, Diaz Jr. quickly dismissed the suggestion.

He's also been accused of approving large raises for political aides against White House orders, and retaliating against EPA employees who disagree with his spending habits.

Through cultural exchanges, Rossotrudnichestvo, which operates under the jurisdiction of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was bringing young Americans — including political aides, nonprofit advocates, and business executives — on trips to Russia.

The server investigation put such political strain on the FBI in large part because of the environment of ethics stories that surrounded it — the business and philanthropic empire that arose out of and was hopelessly intertwined with the Clinton political operation, the high - dollar paid speeches, the political aides who were somehow getting so rich off this enterprise that one of them just bought David Rockefeller's mansion.

A former political aide says he was duped into being the fall guy when Missouri Gov. Eric Grietens» campaign was looking for some way to explain how it got a charity donor list.

Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted Sen. John Sampson whose job was nebulous — at best — is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming corruption probe.

Last week, the Kentucky Republican hired Shane Noem, a senior political aide, to begin laying the groundwork for his campaign, nearly 2 1/2 years before Election Day, Pure Politics in Kentucky reported.

The special counsel, Robert Mueller, has obtained a letter that President Trump and a top political aide drafted in the days before Trump fired the F.B.I. director, James Comey, which explains the president's rationale for why he planned to dismiss the director.

Sweeney's efforts on behalf of Gingrich puts him at odds with most of the Republican establishment in New York, which is backing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, not to mention his former colleagues in the Pataki administration, who are very pro-Romney (Pataki's longtime political aide, Rob Cole, worked on Romney I in 2008 and is also on this campaign).

A corruption trial involving his onetime closest political aide begins Monday, casting a shadow over Cuomo's ambitions and his ongoing role as a general in the Democratic war against the GOP tax overhaul, H.R. 1 (115).

Cuomo was a top political aide to a father who famously dithered in his own presidential exploratory foray, and the son was determined to not get sidetracked by similar whispers.

Partner Martin McLaughlin is a former Koch political aide.

During his remarks the Mayor introduced his most senior political aide, whose name does not suggest Greek heritage, as his «Greek secret weapon.»

«I just go where they tell me to go,» said Rivera, a long - time political aide and operative who is stepping out as a candidate for the first time.

Mr. Rangel said, chuckling, before a political aide ushered him away.

It also reportedly employed Mr Brown's closest political aide, Ed Balls, between the time he was selected as a Labour parliamentary candidate and his election to parliament.

Emails show Robert Nichols, Republican - turned - Democrat Assemblyman John Ceretto's top political aide, wanted none of the $ 1.6 million in tax dollars Ceretto was allocated last year by legislative leaders went to the town of Wheatfield, all of whose elected members are Republicans, because Town Supervisor Robert Cliffe allegedly gave Nichols and Ceretto the cold shoulder at a public picnic.

The White House said Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former «The Apprentice» contestant turned political aide, is resigning, effective Jan. 20.

Mr. Rivera, a former political aide who is running for office for the first time, has received significant support from unions, donors and elected officials across the state in his bid for the northwest Bronx seat.

It went to Emma Wolfe, a top de Blasio political aide, and Josh Gold, then the political director of the Hotel Trades Council, who were both involved in the de Blasio team's 2014 efforts.

Mayor Bill de Blasio loaned his top political aide to this fall's campaign push for a Democratic Senate majority, and he'll tailor his ongoing lobbying to who wins and loses Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Lord Mandelson's email was sent to Derek Draper, his former political aide, nine months before his return to the Cabinet last October.

More than 600 people attended the event, including Emma Wolfe, a top political aide to the mayor who was subpoenaed in the federal probe looking into money funneled to Democratic candidates for state Senate.

Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted state senator, is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming probe.