Sentences with phrase «power over investigations»

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Since taking over, he has reportedly scaled back an investigation into the Equifax data breach, relaxed restrictions on often predatory payday lenders, and recommended Congress pursue sweeping changes to the CFPB's powers.

Over continued objections from the FBI, the White House declassified a version of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes's four - page memo on Friday, which alleges serious abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

The cumulative power of scientific thinking has vindicated itself many times over in the course of human investigations into reality.

For Mr Wilson, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's stepped - up investigation of the duopoly's power over suppliers can't come soon enough.

The competition regulator has vowed to push ahead with its twin investigations into the power of the supermarket chains over allegations of bullying suppliers and the misuse of petrol shopper dockets, despite the release on Monday of a draft voluntary code of conduct agreed to by the retailers and the nation's grocery and food suppliers.

Political parties in Belfast are in dispute over whether to hold a public inquiry into the scandal - which would have the power to compel witnesses to give evidence - or an investigation which would allow Stormont to set the terms and procedures.

On the investigation: all it would take is a mention at any of thousands of meetings, I'd like to say I respect the federal powers of investigation, but I'm pretty sure they can't certainly rule out a discreet note or private word over a decade.

At 9 a.m., the state Senate Committees on Investigations and Government Operations, on Energy and Telecommunications, and on Aging hold a joint public hearing on the power outages in the Hudson Valley over the past two weeks, Legislative Office Building, Van Buren Hearing Room A, second floor, Albany.

It also could potentially provide Mueller with additional leverage to get Manafort to cooperate in the larger investigation into Trump's campaign, as Trump does not have pardon power over state crimes.

Yet by claiming Taylor had compromised Libyan national security, the NTC appears to be passing the buck as well — most likely because they can't cause Taylor's release since they have no power over the Zintanis and they are covering up for that by claiming that she compromised Libyan National security and that further investigations are required.

An influential Commons committee is threatening to re-open an investigation into the prime minister's powers over ministerial behaviour, following David Cameron's refusal to sanction Jeremy Hunt.

Back in August, Soares» office had asked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to take over the investigation into Ivy's death, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in police - involved civilian deaths.

Ben Kallos does not have subpoena power over McDonald's, and had not summoned its representatives before him while he conducted a wide - ranging plenary investigation of the restaurant's activities.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said he has no idea what Preet Bharara's investigation will uncover, but he thinks Cuomo has too much power over economic development, and he respects COR Development executive Steve Aiello.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco said Tuesday that he has no idea what Preet Bharara's investigation will uncover, but he thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo has too much power over economic development, and he respects COR Development executive Steve Aiello.

A Democratic lawmaker proposed new restrictions on Mayor de Blasio's power over the Department of Investigation — including an independent special counsel — after Hizzoner «insidiously» moved to weaken the...

Three former officials of the John Mahama government whose homes were raided in search of documents on the AMERI power agreement have been questioned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over the involvement in the agreement.

The mayor is the subject of a multipronged investigation by state and federal authorities over an unsuccessful effort in 2014 to oust Senate Republicans from power.

«There has been a dark cloud hovering over government for several years now as a result of federal investigations into abuse of power and corruption,» said the county executive, in an indirect reference to the corruption convictions of former Suffolk police Chief James Burke and former Suffolk Conservative Party chairman Edward Walsh.

Her political power in New York has already been tested over the last year, following a spate of negative press about her schools» discipline practices and internal workings, a federal investigation conducted by the Office of Civil Rights, and mounting criticism from local elected officials.

Chris has over 10 years» experience in all aspects of competition law including antitrust investigations, cartels, abuse of market power and merger control.

(g) The power of supervision granted to the Department of Driver Services over driver improvement programs administered by nonprofit organizations under this Code section shall be limited to the establishment of minimum standards and requirements relative to the content of specific courses offered by such programs and relative to investigation and resolution of any complaints directed towards the content or operation of any course by a person enrolled in such course.

Apple is continuing to face scrutiny over the power management features it introduced in older iPhones last year, with the U.S Department of Justice and the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission launching an investigation into the company, reports Bloomberg.The DoJ and the SEC are aiming to determine whether Apple violated security laws «concerning its disclosures» when it launched an iOS 10.2.1 update that throttled some older iPhones with degraded batteries in order to prevent unexpected device shutdowns.According to Bloomberg's sources, the government recently requested information from Apple and the investigation is in the early stages.Apple in iOS 10.2.1 introduced a new power management feature to address complaints of unexpected shutdowns in iPhone 6 and 6s iPhones.

French consumer fraud group DGCCRF, part of the country's economy ministry, last week launched a preliminary investigation into Apple over «alleged deception» and «planned obsolescence» of Apple products, reports Reuters.The investigation follows Apple's admission that it slows down some older iPhones with degraded batteries during times of peak power usage in order to prevent unexpected shutdowns.Apple introduced the power management feature in iOS 10.2.1 following complaints of unexpected shutdowns in the iPhone 6s, but Apple did not make it clear to consumers that it was due to battery deterioration nor did Apple inform customers that it could cause occasional performance slowdowns.Apple has since apologized for its lack of communication and introduced a new policy that