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There is precedent for that request, said elections attorney Brett Kappel of the Washington law firm Akerman.
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The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.
Trump's longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen paid Daniels, an adult film actress, $ 130,000 in exchange for her signing a nondisclosure agreement in the final days of the 2016 election that kept her from saying anything about an alleged affair with Trump.
The leeway given banks by the Treasury and Justice departments to handle marijuana business accounts could disappear with the 2016 general election, said Bend attorney Michael Hughes, whose clients include marijuana businesses.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Trump «eventually learned» that attorney Michael Cohen was reimbursed for making a $ 130,000 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 election.
WASHINGTON — The attorney for porn actress Stormy Daniels said Wednesday that President Trump knew about hush money paid right before the 2016 election to keep her silence about their sexual relationship.
This settlement should have been considered a campaign expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump «eventually learned» that attorney Michael Cohen was reimbursed for making a $ 130,000 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 election.
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...
Sanjay Tailor, an assistant state's attorney, said if the judge agrees with the state's attorney's office, «we're going to ask the court to throw them out of office and ask the court to schedule a special election.»
«This is the largest amount of money ever concealed in an election,» says Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, as tobacco - style tactics by likes of PepsiCo and Nestle are revealed in Washington State's lawsuit against the Grocery Manufacturers Association over GMO labeling fight.
Kenneth Menzel, attorney for the Du Page Board of Elections, said Thursday that the case, which is set for a hearing on Aug. 22, will mark one of the first times that state statutes on the matter have been faced
All that said, the best way for you to find out exactly what it takes to get on the primary ballot is to: (1) hire a good election law attorney, or (2) contact the Suffolk County Board of Elections and ask them to provide you with the rules for ballot access, candidate qualifications (such as residency requirements in the district), deadline dates, and filing fees.
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.
A Queens construction magnate made straw donations through his employees to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other candidates during the 2013 election in order to gain influence with them, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.
@Ame The legality will be decided by the investigating attorneys and judges, but I think it is safe to say that a campaign adviser agreeing to meet with someone alleged to be the representative of a hostile government who wants to help a candidate win a presidential election is HIGHLY unusual, if not unprecedented.
«Knowingly and willfully failing to file campaign finance disclosure reports with the New York State Board of Elections is a crime,» said Attorney General Schneiderman.
McDonald's attorney, Marc Gann, said McDonald and Muscarella were personal friends, but «I don't believe they had a political conversation about the election.»
«What I think should happen is the state Board of Elections should investigative this,» the district attorney said.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman later said his office has opened an investigation into «allege improprieties» in Tuesday voting by the city Board of Elections.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara revealed on Sunday that he received a handful of «unusual» phone calls from Donald Trump after the November election that made him feel uncomfortable, and said he was fired after declining to take the third call.
Trump's private attorney said Thursday that, «the President never sought to impede the investigation into attempted Russian interference in the 2016 election.»
This was followed by a similar call from Dave Palmer, executive director of the Center for Working Families, a WFP ally, who said the governor and legislative leaders should «heed the alarm» sounded by US Attorney Preet Bharara and pass a system of «voter - owned elections.»
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last week announced he was launching an investigation into the removal of the voters from the rolls, which was city Board of Elections officials now say was done through a clerical error.
Former Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor, who is part of the team of election attorneys handling the recount fight for the Democrats in the Thompson race, said the whole mess could take weeks — or maybe even months — which means there might be empty seats in the chamber when the Legislature returns to Albany in early January.
While Vance has been celebrated for his fight to eliminate the nation's backlog of untested rape kits, one prominent women's group said the district attorney «caught a break this election.»
But in a statement that night after Cuomo named her the special prosecutor, she said she «will not accept any appointment nor seek election to the office of the New York State Attorney General.»
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. joined the ongoing federal investigation into de Blasio's fundraising tactics last January after the Board of Elections» chief investigative officer sent a «criminal referral» to Vance's office alleging the efforts of the mayor's nonprofit to unseat the Republicans violated campaign finance laws, Vance has said.
Cuomo generally doesn't appoint a new district attorney in such instances when there is a top assistant prosecutor in the office, the source said, and the election to replace Spota is just two weeks away.
The attorney general's seat is up for grabs in the November election, but state law says the Assembly and Senate can name a replacement in a joint session.
David Nir, an attorney who now heads the left - leaning Daily Kos Elections blog that closely monitors redistricting developments across the country, said he expected the three - judge panel would adopt the proposed map wholesale.
«My understanding is an appointment from the Governor for the next basically year and then of course the election was already scheduled for next year for District Attorney,» said Mayor Bill de Blasio.
ALBANY — What began as a quasi-quixotic election law complaint led to the indictment Thursday of Steve Pigeon, a political operative tied to Democrats at the highest level of the state government, as part of a «years - long, mutually beneficial bribery scheme» involving a sitting state judge, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.
Jones said the documents included information about connections of the Manhattan U.S. attorney to the case, as well an email sent this week from the state Board of Elections concerning its role.
Attorney Laurence Laufer, representing de Blasio and others named in the memo, responded to Sugarman last week, saying she showed «profound misunderstanding of election law.»
«The administration was first made aware of the reported investigations by the U.S. attorney, district attorney and Board of Elections when it was reported in the press,» she said.
«She would provide continuity and stability and gravitas and credibility until the democratic process unfolds through a open and clear election in the fall,» Preet Bharara, the high - profile former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said on a new episode of his podcast, «Stay Tuned.»
Attorney General Schneiderman said, «New York voters deserve elections that are fair and free of coordination that distorts the democratic process.
In recent years, both officials at the Board of Elections and Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita have said they lack the staff to pursue such cases.
«One is a motion to dismiss in the interest of justice, primarily predicated upon internal emails among attorneys for the New York State Board of Election,» said attorney Joseph LaTona, who is also representing Maziarz.
U.S. Rep. John Katko said today he has no interest in challenging New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in the 2018 election, and will focus on seeking a third term in Congress.
IDC Leader Jeff Klein commended the attorney general's legislation in a statement, saying, «The Independent Democratic Conference has long been an advocate for making our election process simpler and more accessible for all New Yorkers.»
ALBANY — Cracking down on public corruption was a major theme of last year's election, but Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he was rebuffed by the Cuomo administration when he sought to expand his office's jurisdiction in the area.
The Attorney General says he plans to campaign with Governor Cuomo and the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket in the days leading up to the Election.
Don Boyajian, a municipal and environmental attorney in Saratoga County, raised $ 208,000 ahead of the Federal Elections Commission's third quarter deadline on Sept. 30, a haul the first - time candidate's campaign says makes him the frontrunner for the nomination.
The attorney general says he plans to campaign with Cuomo and the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket in the days leading up to the election.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will recuse himself from any investigations into possible Russian involvement in the 2016 elections.
«The only things we know about the reported investigations by the US Attorney, District Attorney and Board of Elections are what have been reported in the press,» Dani Lever, a spokeswoman for Mr. Cuomo, said.
Bishop's attorney, Thomas Garry, is planning to file legal paperwork asking a Suffolk judge to order a hand recount of the 185,000 ballots cast, and elections officials are preparing to begin the count of absentee ballots, perhaps as soon as Tuesday, elections officials said.