Sentences with phrase «say witnesses in the case»

Aaron Schock's lawyers say witnesses in the case against the former congressman have been asked «distasteful, offensive,» and «prejudicial» questions about every part of Schock's sex life including whether he is ga... Read

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Authorities released few details in the case, saying the investigation was still underway, with witnesses being interviewed and surveillance video being examined.

He said the journals, Global Witness and Fatal Transactions, had highlighted that violent rebel forces were, in many cases, financed by profits from diamonds, oil and agricultural products and had accused the diamond industry of inaction on the issue.

All the witnesses have given written declarations in the legal briefs already filed in the case, said an Apple lawyer on Friday, who spoke to reporters on a conference call on condition of anonymity.

The case against Carlos is also based on witness testimony from his former brothers - in - arms, including Hans - Joachim Klein, a German to whom the Venezuelan is said to have admitted he wanted to «apply pressure to get the Japanese man freed.»

The Hill quoted the attorney for a former FBI informant in the TENEX case as saying her client «witnessed numerous, detailed conversations in which Russian actors described their efforts to lobby, influence or ingratiate themselves with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration.»

Prosecutors ultimately declined to retry the case, saying witnesses were scattered around the world, the Centre Daily Times reported in 2006.

Although Kulikov's criminal prosecution makes no mention of the German lender by name, investigators did quiz several witnesses in detail about Deutsche Bank and the mirror trades, say lawyers and witnesses in the case.

An American businessman who says he is being prevented from leaving Mongolia, where he is considered a potential witness in a corruption case, has asked for help from the congressional delegation in his home state of Minnesota.

Undue influence plays a role in many - if not most - cases of financial abuse, says Dr. Bennett Blum, a physician specializing in forensic and geriatric psychiatry who serves as an expert witness in elder abuse cases.

Parental consent on many topics (NOT A LAW) 6: Thou shall not kill — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY (long pre-dated it) = > Goes back to the first offspring of humanity or the chosen depending on version 7: Thou shall not commit adultery — huge number of Christians commits adultery by LEGALLY remarrying = > still actionable in various tort and civil cases across America (didn't say it was a law) 8: Thou shall not steal — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY = > many laws on this we are very concerned about our stuff 9: Thou shall not bear false witness — NOT UNIQUE TO CHRISTIANITY = > purgery anyone 10: Thou shalt not covet — NOT A LAW = > stalking laws (Stalking IS a crime.

Whether Mark was one of these we can not say; he may have been, but in any case there is little in his book to suggest that he had been a witness of the events he records.

The judge said he took the action to ensure Patterson doesn't have contact with witnesses or victims in the case and can't alter records.

NNAMDIThe case, as you said, you didn't witness is — but as it was reported in the media, Karen Carr is a certified professional midwife.

I'm surprised my bosom friend Agyepong left me to my fate — Afoko Paul Afoko, has said that he was surprised his comrade, Kwabena Agyapong, abandoned him in court as prosecution witness in his case with the party.

Cuomo's chief counsel issued a statement Sunday saying their office had asked the Governor's Office of Employee Relations to «investigate» the treatment of a female attorney who was terminated by the Division of Criminal Justice Services after testifying as a witness in a sexual harassment case last year.

Spokesperson Paul Afoko, Nana Yaw Osei, has said his boss» case against the party would not be weakened merely because, Kwabena Agyepong, failed to appear in court as a witness.

«The job and their image means everything to some people,» one source said, trying to explain why an officer who was only a «witness» in a case might still shoot himself.

Syracuse, N.Y. — The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said Friday the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

«What we witnessed in the case of the death of Caylee Anthony was tragic,» Sen. Mark Grisanti said.

The $ 7,500 per month, filtered through a secret account from a lobbyist who pleaded guilty and is the chief witness in a massive federal corruption case, helped keep «Herb,» Joseph Percoco — Cuomo's in - house confidante, enforcer and successful 2010 campaign manager — up to date with the mortgage of his $ 800,000 South Salem, N.Y. home, federal investigators say.

December: He forces out Police Commissioner Thomas Dale after prosecutors say Dale personally directed officers to arrest a witness in a politically charged election - year case.

Gatz noted that the only way to rebut the accuracy of what agents recorded her as saying would be to call Carman as a witness, but a lawyer can not represent a person and be a witness in the same case.

The governor said in December that he had spoken to the U.S. attorney's office about the case in late 2016, though he said he couldn't «envision» being a witness in the trial.

None of the prosecution's witnesses, however, testified there was an explicit quid pro quo, a point the New York Times said could be critical in the case's outcome.

The government's key witness in its bribery case against a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he participated in bribery schemes with his longtime friend.

The charges state that, as early as 2010, an unnamed real estate developer, who is also a cooperating witness in the case, made a one - time, $ 20,000 payment to Adam Skelos for work that federal investigators say he did not do.

A source close to the firm who asked not to be named because they did not have permission to speak on the record, said the firm sees itself as «witnesses» in the case because they did not know for years that Silver was getting a cut of the fees it paid to Goldberg & Iryami.

A key prosecution witness in that case is Jona Rechnitz, who under oath said he had given cash to Astorino's campaign and offered to give Astorino a rolex watch.

Speaking with reporters in New York City on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he does not expect to be called as witness should any of the cases facing nine people charged in a sweeping pay - to - play corruption case go to trial.

Prosecution said somewhere in October this year, the complainant felt unwell and informed her boyfriend, who is a witness in the case.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

The WSJ's Michael Howard Saul has a very interesting piece today on a Bloomberg aide who is on the City Hall payroll and also gets paid privately by the mayor and is said to be a key witness in Vance's case.

The charges state that, as early as 2010, an unnamed real estate developer, who is also a cooperating witness in the case, made a one time $ 20,000 payment to Adam Skelos for work that federal investigators say he did not do.

The star witness in the government's case against Sheldon Silver said Wednesday the assemblyman asked him to keep their arrangement under wraps.

But the two otherwise separate cases are linked by a Supreme Court ruling in criminal cases, involving potential prosecution witnesses, the sources said.

Doug Burns, a former Eastern District prosecutor from Nassau County, said the «cardinal rule» in the government's use of a cooperating witness is «whether or not what they say can be backed up or corroborated by other evidence in the case.»

A renowned Columbia University Medical Center oncologist who has been lauded for a career spanning nearly a half - century is the key witness in the multimillion - dollar bribery and kickback case against state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, sources said Thursday.

The attorney for two Cor Development executives charged in an alleged bribery and bid - rigging scheme said the case is based on lies by Todd Howe, the government's main witness against them.

«The fact that the witness interprets it as «to get what I want I have to pay» is not necessarily what Silver was intending,» said Quijano, who represented former assemblyman William Boyland last year in a bribery case.

«It's not clear to me at this point whether Mr. Howe will be participating as a witness in any further cases,» Morvillo said.

«I think it is a different thing to say that people shouldn't be talking to potential witnesses in a case when prosecutors and FBI agents and other investigators are looking at something.

At the press conference with Bharara this morning, the assistant director for the F.B.I. in New York, George Venizelos, said the cooperating witness and undercover F.B.I. agent working on the case «did not have to twist any arms.

Eastern District Assistant United States Attorneys Lara Treinis Gatz and John Durham said in the letter that the strength of the government's case «is overwhelming and consists of dozens of witnesses... fully corroborated by numerous sources of evidence... including telephone call detail records, cell site records, photographs, financial records... and other documentary evidence.»

«A witness in this case who was also in the church spotted the accused, and when a search was conducted on him, a locally made pistol and two rounds of ammunition were found on him,» the charge sheet stated adding that Charles Antwi «admitted ownership of the gun and said that he bought it from a national of Burkina Faso in Nkoranza in the Brong Ahafo Region.»

No witness to the committee made an environmental case for leaving, and some said the UK has not gone far enough in implementing EU policies and enforcing its laws.

While working with healthcare professionals at an Ebola case management center in Liberia this summer, «I witnessed the dedication and sacrifice of Liberian staff working on the front lines,» she said.

Since witnesses and technical evidence are often lacking in cases involving child abuse, courts are often forced to rely solely on the victim's own testimony «It is therefore very important that courts assess the credibility of a testimony based on what children say and not on how they say it,» says Sara Landström.

The Fifth Amendment says that nobody may be «compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,» which has become known as the right to avoid self - incrimination.

«No one committed a real fault or negligence,» says another witness, neurologist Yves Agid, who was formerly in charge of monitoring CJD cases in France and is scientific director at the Institute of Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders here.