Sentences with phrase «recent indictments»

«It's stunning that after unprecedented scandal, and now recent indictments of high - ranking officials, no one is even pretending to be interested in good - government.

Amid controversy over the Stamford train station expansion project and recent indictments in New York State, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Friday that he has purposely avoided any dealings with the controversial project.Malloy said he has had «personal...

Mueller's most recent indictment document alleges that Manafort, together with his long - time business partner and deputy campaign manager Rick Gates, set up offshore bank accounts that they then failed to disclose to the proper authorities, and laundered over $ 75 million through these accounts.

Boley is not worried about the upheaval over recent indictments linked to SUNY Poly.

Schneiderman's evolution on ethics appears to mirror that of many good government groups who say recent indictments have forced them to the realization that Albany's corruption problem won't be cured with small fixes.

This is the second recent indictment of a sitting lawmaker for abusing per diems.

As of now, there is no evidence that this occurred, and Mueller's recent indictment of several Russian individuals and companies for conspiring to interfere with the election through their propaganda work makes no allegations that anyone on Trump's team was aware of their activities.

Cooper's tenure at the nonprofit's head had been dogged long before the most recent indictment.

Jerry Sholes's recent indictment of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association, Gave Me That Prime Time Religion, is easily the most sweeping critique of this genre.

FIFA has taken notice of recent indictments, heard your concerns and is working hard to get corruption out of the game.

ALBANY, N.Y. — With the recent indictment of New York politicians like Senator Malcolm Smith and Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, many wonder, can they trust state lawmakers?

The recent indictment of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is simply the latest in a series of scandals involving the conflicts created by allowing sitting legislators to earn unlimited, unrestricted income from outside jobs.

«We are aware of the recent indictment of Dean and Adam Skelos.

Perry has been mentioned as a potential 2016 contender, despite his failed 2012 bid and his recent indictment on two felony counts of violating Texas public - integrity law, and he regularly raises campaign cash for various Republican candidates (in other words, gathering chits).

As a prosecutor he also collaborated with the Moreland Commission, whose investigation of the state legislature has led to some of the recent indictments issued by Preet Bharara.

The Dems could also benefit from the upcoming federal corruption trial of Sen. Dean Skelos, a Nassau County Republican who until his recent indictment was the Legislature's most powerful GOPer.

Gipson points to recent indictments and convictions of various elected officials as evidence of the need to prioritize ethics reform.

Adding to the uncertainty upstate are a new Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker following the recent indictments of Republican Dean Skelos and Democrat Sheldon Silver.

This Lopez mess — combined with the recent indictment of Democratic state senator Shirley Huntley on charges of conspiring to steal taxpayer money intended for an educational program — revived talk of Albany as a cesspool.

Following the recent indictments of top legislators like former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former Sen. leader Dean Skelos, some say there's heightened scrutiny of deal making in Albany and that might put any changes to 421a on hold.

The attorney general noted this effort continues, pointing to the recent indictment of the mayor of Mount Vernor, Richard Thomas, on charges he used campaign cash to pay for personal expenses.

Two Democrats, the Reverend Ruben Diaz, Sr., of the Bronx, and Brooklyn's Simcha Felder (who in any event caucuses with the Republicans separate from the IDC) are hostile to LGBT rights, and the recent indictments of two former Senate Democratic leaders still in office — Malcolm Smith of Queens and John Sampson of Brooklyn — recall in Avella's mind and others» the dysfunction that beset the Senate when the Democrats last had control, in 2009 and 2010.

«I think people are disappointed with Albany writ large,» said Cuomo, who cited the recent indictments of the two legislative leaders.

«I think particularly in light of the recent indictments, [this year's session is] much more likely to have some true reform of the economic development area in our state government than there has been in year's past.»

Mr. Smith continued that he could not yet name who was behind the plot he alleged — which he claimed was behind the recent indictments of other prominent black elected leaders — but said that the culprit would be revealed at his retrial in January.

Further complicating matters is the recent indictment of a Senate Republican, Robert Ortt, of Niagara Falls, on three false - filing charges.

Cuomo said he is not targeting individual lawmakers and, in fact, sees the commission as a chance for upstanding public servants to vindicate themselves in light of recent indictments and sexual harassment allegations among a handful of sitting lawmakers.

Axe braves a difficult choice following his recent indictment.

«Tax Practice - With New Laws, New Rules and Recent Indictments, the Government Ups the Ante,» Houston Tax Executives Institute, Inc. - Houston Chapter, August 2003

Remarkably, the new U.S. sanctions target many of the same organizations and individuals named in recent indictments by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, including the Internet Research Agency which «tampered with, altered, or caused a misappropriation of information with the purpose or effect of interfering with or undermining election processes and institutions.»

On this week's If Then, Slate's April Glaser and Will Oremus dig into special prosecutor Robert Mueller's recent indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for their role in tampering with the 2016 election.

Then, «We know from the recent indictments that 13 Russian individuals / companies set up Facebook accounts, posing as U.S. citizens or groups.

But this notion was refuted by the recent indictment of 13 Russian nationals for their actions during the election.