Sentences with phrase «said election lawyer»
«Political parties can spend as they see fit in their own primaries or any other party's primaries,» said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder.
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There is also the question of cost, said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder, special counsel for Stroock.
If he declares one, then it must be held 70 to 80 days after that proclamation, said election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder.
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Although no recent First Amendment cases could be seen to apply directly to the publication of tax returns from a candidate for president, lawyer Floyd Abrams said that «all the cases make it extremely unlikely that the Times could constitutionally be held liable for publishing such a newsworthy story, a month before a presidential election, about a candidate for President.»
Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen says he personally paid Daniels in the days before the 2016 election.
Defense lawyers had portrayed the girl as an aggressor, saying she wanted to generate material for a book and possibly influence the presidential election.
White House lawyers and other officials studied the option of overriding the ban but did not develop a strong legal position or an effective political sales pitch in an election year, a source familiar with the discussions said.
U.S. President Donald Trump's new chief lawyer said on Thursday that if his client agrees to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it should be limited to a few hours and focus on Russian tampering in the 2016 election.
New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.
But this is not an easy standard to prove in court, said Jan Baran, a longtime elections and ethics lawyer.
«It actually presents a relatively clean issue for the court,» said Lawrence M. Noble, a former top lawyer at the Federal Election Commission who is now the general counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a watchdog group.
In a sweeping interview on Fox News Wednesday night, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said President Donald Trump had repaid his lawyer Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels prior to the 2016 presidential election
«It's very strong evidence that this was about the election,» said Larry Noble, a former Federal Election Commission lawyer who is now senior director of the non-profit Campaign Legalelection,» said Larry Noble, a former Federal Election Commission lawyer who is now senior director of the non-profit Campaign LegalElection Commission lawyer who is now senior director of the non-profit Campaign Legal Center.
The past 24 hours of news in President Donald Trump's various legal imbroglios — the replacement of outgoing lawyer Ty Cobb with Emmet T. Flood, who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment as president, and the admission of Rudy Giuliani to Sean Hannity (subsequently confirmed by Trump on Twitter) that Trump did in fact reimburse Michael Cohen for a $ 130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election — are powerful reminders of something that can't be said often enough: Trump and his White House lie all the time, without apparent compunction.
The suit's claim that Trump knew about the payment and that it was aimed at keeping the affair from voters «confirms what we suspected,» said Paul Ryan, a top lawyer with Common Cause, one of the groups that have lodged complaints with the Federal Election Commission about the payoff.
Matthew Sanderson, who served as a campaign finance lawyer for the 2008 McCain - Palin campaign, said the timing of the payment «strongly suggests it was related to the election, and therefore is either a contribution, or at least a reportable expenditure by the campaign».
In a conversation with BuzzFeed News, Giuliani later said that Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer, «had complained to some people» after the 2016 election that he'd not been fully paid by Trump.
BuzzFeed reports: «In a conversation with BuzzFeed News, Giuliani later said that Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer, «had complained to some people» after the 2016 election that he'd not been fully paid by Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer for $ 130,000 in hush money paid to a porn actress days before the 2016 presidential election, Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, said Wednesday, appearing to contradict the president's past claims that he didn't know the...
President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer for $ 130,000 in hush money paid to a porn actress days before the 2016 presidential election, Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's attorneys, said Wednesday, appearing to contradict the president's past claims that he didn't know the source of the money.
The former mayor said that Trump «wasn't aware» his longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen pitched his access to the President to potential clients following the 2016 election and landed lucrative consulting deals as a result.
Wagner, a Hudson Valley lawyer, says he's also filed 3,225 petition signatures this week with the state Board of Elections in order to achieve ballot access.
Mandelker also filed a petition in the Supreme Court in Albany County to validate Teachout's candidacy, but election lawyers said this is basically a defensive measure that gives the opportunity for a court review if the Board of Elections invalidates Teachout's petitions.
«The law requiring a contribution to be made from one's own money allows no exceptions,» said Jerry Goldfeder, a leading election lawyer.
The mayor and his lawyers have said the investigation is politically motivated after the leak of a January 2016 memo from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel.
Fritz, 69, a Brentwood lawyer, said he delivered petitions with 1,404 signatures to the Suffolk Board of Elections in Yaphank, more than the 1,000 - signature minimum needed.
The lawyer challenging the wording of a constitutional amendment to authorize casinos says the Board of Elections may have violated the open meetings law in approving it.
Jerry Goldfeder, a prominent election lawyer representing LaCorte, says the ruling favors form over substance.
Also, a lawyer and rights activist, Mr. Femi Aina, said postponement of elections in Nigeria has become «a staple diet for INEC.»
A lawyer and political analyst, Yemi Adetoyinbo, who linked the crisis in the party to its governorship primary in Ondo State, said it was clear that Tinubu was still angry that his godson, Dr. Olusegun Abraham, lost the election to the eventual winner, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN).
«That's the conundrum here,» said Thomas J. Garry, a New York elections lawyer, who said a current congressional candidate who wants to run for attorney general would likely need to file a lawsuit.
Jerry H. Goldfeder, another New York election lawyer, said, «I don't think that would ever happen» but agreed the situation is legally complex.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- Questioned intently by a Senate committee, President Donald Trump's son struck a firmly unapologetic tone, deflected many queries and said he didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in hopes of election - season dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to transcripts released Wednesday.
A lawyer for de Blasio says there will be no apology for suggesting the Cuomo - appointed enforcement counsel at the Board of Elections leaked a confidential memorandum.
«New York election law allows political parties some flexibility for their nominating process,» said Jerry Goldfeder, an election lawyer who usually works for Democrats.
«We are confident that this effort by Mr. Heaney's insider consultants and his high paid lawyers will fail just as it did at the Board of Elections,» the Bishop campaign said in a statement.
Manhattan lawyer Mark Warren Moody has filed a class - action lawsuit against the state and city Board of Elections to overturn the closed - primary system, saying no one should be shut out.
ALBANY — The five felony charges against former State Sen. George D. Maziarz should be dismissed because state election officials may not agree the Niagara County Republican broke any law, his lawyers said today in an Albany courtroom.
In a statement, Blackmon's campaign said, «We have a team of the best election lawyers on our side and look forward to the hearing.
Top state Democrats and their lawyers said Thursday that the U.S. attorney's office has closed a criminal grand jury investigation into the way the party financed campaigns in the 2014 election and no one will be charged.
«This is a sweeping decision, period,» said Marc Elias, a Democratic election lawyer.
Legislative lawyers say that state law doesn't allow for an election before November 2012.
Election lawyer Jerry Goldfeder said the decision had potential to change the way special elections for Congressional seats are called in New York, where governors have long enjoyed almost unlimited latitude in declaring a vacancy.
Jarret Berg, Executive Director of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council (NYDLC) said: «The premise of our democracy is that Americans have the fundamental right to participate in the election of its leaders, but today, millions of busy New Yorkers lack real opportunities to vote because they are restricted to voting on one workday from one assigned location.
Schechter's decision comes as lawyers representing Trump face another suit - this one filed in early March in Los Angeles Superior Court by porn star Stormy Daniels, who said Trump sought to silence her shortly before the 2016 election.
«You don't need to hire a team of campaign - finance lawyers to figure out how to evade disclosure under the Board of Elections regulation,» said Adam Skaggs, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice.
In an argument by INEC's lead counsel, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), who led a team of other senior lawyers, including, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu (SAN), A.B. Mahmoud (SAN), H.M. Liman (SAN) and Ahmed Raji (SAN), the commission said it was Ikpeazu who won the election and not Otti.
The five felony charges against former State Sen. George Maziarz should be dismissed because state election officials may not agree the Niagara County Republican broke any law, his lawyers said today in an Albany courtroom.
Some Board of Elections staffers and lawyers told the inspector general that just because a document said privileged and confidential, it doesn't necessarily make it so.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has described the National Assembly's attempts to reorder the 2019 elections sequence as illegal Falana says reordering of election sequence...