Sentences with phrase «public corruption conviction»

That's because of his past public corruption convictions.

The State Integrity Investigation also highlights another anti-corruption report, jointly published in February by the University of Illinois political science department and its Institute for Government and Public Affairs, finding that New York's number of federal public corruption convictions since 1976 — over 2,500 and counting — is the highest in the nation.

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear former Rep. Rick Renzi's appeal of his fraud, racketeering and public corruption conviction in a long - running legal battle that sought to question the process of how he was prosecuted.

At least Christie had amassed an impressive record of public corruption convictions as U.S. Attorney in Newark before running for Governor.

As former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, gear up for sentencing in their respective public corruption convictions today, the elder Skelos has hired noted appeals lawyer Alexandra Shapiro to help him argue his way out of prison.

The ruling by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Boyland's 2014 public corruption conviction found the Democrat «did not suffer any prejudice.»

But state officials have ruled Ganim can't participate in the clean elections program because of his prior public corruption conviction.

In the case of federal public corruption convictions, he says he will move to seize pensions as forfeiture.

Supreme Court unanimously voted to overturn the public corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell.

In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and narrowed the definition of what constitutes an «official act.»

Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.

«This decision illustrates the rapidly changing legal landscape which is making it increasingly difficult to obtain and sustain federal public corruption convictions,» said Hartunian, who will start next month as a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

The 2nd Circuit tossed out the conviction, citing the legal rationale in a recent Supreme Court decision that reversed the public corruption conviction of Virginia Republican ex-Gov.

In a dizzying year that saw the public corruption convictions of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Skelos at the hands of Bharara's office, what better candidate to run in Skelos» old district than a former prosecutor with a record of fighting corruption like Kaminsky?

The 2nd Circuit tossed out his public corruption conviction in July, citing a recent Supreme Court decision.

«This decision illustrates the changing legal landscape which is making it increasingly difficult to obtain and sustain federal public corruption convictions,» Hartunian said.

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision to vacate former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell's public corruption conviction will significantly limit prosecutors» ability to bring cases against politicians suspected of malfeasance and could spell trouble for the Justice Department in ongoing, high - profile cases, legal analysts said.

That decision reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Republican Governor Bob McDonnell.

The appeals court said that the trial judge would need to instruct jurors on the law in a different manner to conform with a 2016 Supreme Court decision that reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Skelos, a Republican, also had his public corruption conviction overturned as a result of a Supreme Court ruling that reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell.

The appeals court said the trial judge would need to instruct jurors on the law differently to conform with a 2016 Supreme Court decision reversing the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

The results are another reminder of McDonnell's steep fall from grace, even after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction earlier this year.

RICHMOND — Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated his public corruption conviction on Monday, former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell looked past the three - year legal ordeal and expressed optimism about the new life ahead of him.

The Supreme Court unanimously voted to overturn the public corruption conviction of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell.

A bevy of high - profile supporters are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the public corruption conviction against former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell (R), McDonnell's team announced Monday.

Federal authorities urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday not to review the public corruption convictions of former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell, arguing that he used his office to benefit a wealthy benefactor and was rightly found guilty of breaking the law.

It reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Republican Gov. Robert McDonnell.