Sentences with phrase «resign after the revelations»

PolitiFact has not looked into whether the state has also had an inordinate number of sex scandals, but two high profile cases come to mind: In 2008, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after revelations that he had hired a sex worker, and former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is in prison for sexting a minor.

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Former Skilled Group boss Angus McKay has been named chief executive of convenience store chain 7 - Eleven, replacing Warren Wilmot who resigned from the role last September after revelations of franchise staff being underpaid.

And then in April, Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned after bombshell revelations in the Panama Papers showed his family sheltered money offshore.

Flynn resigned as national security adviser on Monday night after just 24 days on the job, the shortest tenure anyone has ever served in the role, amid revelations that he discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition period, and may be susceptible to foreign blackmail.

Months after the revelation that he helped cover up for one of Ireland's most notoriously abusive priests, the country's top Catholic churchman, Cardinal Sean Brady, says he has «moved on» and will not resign.

After only a few months in the post, however, revelations of an affair, fuelled by the tabloid machinations of Max Clifford, forced him to resign.

Spitzer, who resigned as governor in 2008 after revelations he spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes, jumped into the race for New York City comptroller just over a week ago.

MOUNTING PRESSURE FOR SHINSEKI TO RESIGN AFTER NEW REVELATIONS... Congressional support for embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki dwindled further Wednesday in the wake of a new report documenting multiple unofficial wait lists of veterans seeking care at a Phoenix facility.1, 700 veterans also waiting to be seen did not appear on any list.

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer addresses the media with his wife Silda Wall at his office in New York, on March 12, 2008 to announce that he will resign from office after revelations that he had been a client of a prostitution ring.

Brooks Newmark resigned as Minister for Civil Society after Sunday Mirror revelations that he had exchanged suggestive pictures with a reporter posing as a young Tory campaigner.

While Weiner had been leading among the Democratic candidates for mayor in many recent polls, his numbers have floundered following the latest revelations that he engaged in a sexting relationship with a young woman as much as a year after he resigned from Congress over similar allegations in 2011.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner issued the following letter to supporters Wednesday, a day after revelations that he exchanged graphic emails and photos with a young woman after he resigned from Congress in 2011:

Deep in Liu territory, neighborhood activist Ethel Chen defended Weiner's recent revelations that he continued his sexting spree a year after resigning from office in June 2011, -LSB-...]

The House seat became vacant after Rep. Christopher Lee (R - N.Y.) resigned following revelations that he had posted shirtless pictures of himself online.

When he resigned last year after revelations about his private life and associated use of parliamentary expenses it was hoped that he might make a swift return to the government frontbench.

Fox resigned as defence secretary earlier this month after a stream of revelations about his improper business relationship with Werritty.

A second leading public school has been caught up in exam cheating claims, it has emerged, after the Guardian's revelation that an Eton deputy head had resigned.