Sentences with phrase «special prosecutor into»

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He asked senior prosecutors to look into this and other issues with the Clinton campaign to assess whether a special counsel is needed.

In a special prosecutor investigation, what once seemed ancillary can transition into being central to the story.

Analysts point to recent reports, and the appointment of a special prosecutor, looking into potential ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian officials.

Under enormous pressure to sign the bill into law while a special prosecutor probes Trump's...

That special prosecutor, Roger Adler, told the Daily News he expects to convene a grand jury shortly after Veterans Day as part of his probe into allegations the WFP illegally gave candidates below - cost campaign - related services in 2009.

In an odd twist, Sharpe may have done Parker a favor by running against him this fall, as his candidacy has caused two special prosecutors to be appointed in the senator's assault case, pushing the whole mess still further off into the future.

Democrats should refuse to vote on President Donald Trump's pick for the next FBI director unless a special prosecutor is named to take over the investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

The trio gives Trump a broader legal stable as he faces the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and the threat of an investigation by Manhattan federal prosecutors into his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.

There are multiple investigations looking into this matter: there's the House Intelligence Committee investigation, there's the Senate Intelligence Committee investigation, there's the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation, and there's the FBI investigation overseen by special prosecutor Robert Mueller.

NOW has called for a special prosecutor and endorses Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to appoint Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas to oversee an investigation into the charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that he's appointed Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor to look into the domestic violence accusations against disgraced former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The lawyer for embattled ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn reportedly sat down with special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigators, further indicating that Flynn could be prepping for a plea deal in the expanding investigation into Russian election - meddling.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

One appointed Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for homicide cases involving a cop, the other barred 16 and 17 year - olds from entering prisons for adults and arranged to send them into alternate facilities.

The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.

President Buhari commended President Nana Akufo - Addo of Ghana on his achievements in the first year in office, lauding his committed fight against corruption and the passing of the Special Prosecutors Bill into law.

In separate statements, prosecutors said they concluded investigations without charges into whether the mayor or his aides had acted illegally in soliciting donations and providing special access to donors who gave to de Blasio or his nonprofit group, the Campaign for One New York.

W.F.P. WOES CONTINUE — Rachel Goodman, City Councilman Brad Lander's chief of staff, has been indicted by a Staten Island grand jury as part of an ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Roger Adler into the 2009 campaign of Councilwoman Deborah Rose of Staten Island.

Back in August, Soares» office had asked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to take over the investigation into Ivy's death, based on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order giving Schneiderman special prosecutor powers in police - involved civilian deaths.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes wants a special prosecutor to look into sexual harassment claims against Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Senate Democrats have pushed for special prosecutors to look into police shootings of unarmed citizens, but many Republicans oppose the idea because they say it will undermine locals District Attorneys.

One can imagine Facebook splashing that message — replete with balloons and confetti — all over screens in America (and Russia) on Thursday, the one - year anniversary of special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that he's appointed Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor to look into the domestic violence accusations against disgraced former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

``...... investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has drawn a special prosecutor......» Why did this take so long?

The investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has drawn a special prosecutor: Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

In addition to a possible state ethics commission probe, the Staten Island District Attorney, Dan Donovan, who has be chosen to serve as a special prosecutor in the case, has begun a criminal investigation into the charges against Assemblyman Lopez.

The governor's special advisor on people with disabilities, Clarence Sundram, says the bill creates a new special prosecutor and inspector general to look into allegations of abuse and neglect, and prosecute if there's evidence of criminal activities.

Subpoenas that have been issued in the investigation into former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will be transferred to the Nassau County District Attorney's office, which has been designated a special prosecutor in the case.

US AG Jeff Sessions said there was «not enough basis» to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton, a day after reports surfaced that the attorney general had authorized senior prosecutors at the Department of Justice to evaluate an inquiry into the Clinton Foundation.

With session over and his legislative opponents out of town, Cuomo leaped into action, issuing an executive order to create a special prosecutor for police killings.

Schenectady County's District Attorney has been appointed as a special prosecutor after the Rensselaer County DA recused himself from an investigation into a police - involved shooting.

In December, Schneiderman sent a similar letter lambasting Cuomo's proposal to create a special criminal prosecutor to handle procurement matters — an action seen as a response to the federal investigation into upstate development projects that resulted in the arrest of a former top aide to the governor, among others.

It is now clear that we need a special prosecutor to investigate interference by the Russian government into our presidential election and any potential ties to the Trump campaign or campaign associates.

This statute, signed into law in 1978 in reaction to the Watergate scandal, orders the attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to handle investigations into high - ranking executive branch officials.

In January, the attorney general named a special prosecutor to lead the investigation into whether criminal charges should be filed in the water crisis.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's independent investigation into Russia may have inspired a defiant West Wing response, but the U.S. attorney's raid of Michael Cohen's home, office and hotel room has stirred more fear and loathing inside White House offices than at any time since President Richard Nixon battled Watergate prosecutors in the summer of 1973.

Robert Harris, the world's master of innovative historical fiction, lures us into a violent, treacherous world of Roman politics at once exotically different from and yet startlingly similar to our own — a world of Senate intrigue and electoral corruption, special prosecutors and political adventurism — to describe how one clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable man fought to reach the top.

During the Oct. 9 debate, Trump said he would seek a special prosecutor to look into Clinton's situation.

The number probably will grow if criminal charges are brought: Special prosecutor [Paul F.] Ware, brought into the case last month from the law firm Goodwin Procter LLP, has said he may recruit lawyers from his firm to assist if indictments are issued.»

The Prosecutor learned about a great many cases that have been decided and about charges and allegations that have been followed up since a special prosecutor was appointed to look into those cases in Darfur.

Asked how far out into the future the judge should set a deadline for the government to update the court on the status of the case, special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann suggested three to four months.

Last January, Peter Wilson was appointed special prosecutor to look into the possible prosecution of alleged perpetrators of sexual exploitation and other offences against minors in Bountiful, the polygamist enclave of fundamentalist Mormons in southeastern British Columbia.

Public prosecutors may exceptionally inform the public about pending proceedings if this is required so that the public may assist in enquiries into offences or in locating suspects, to warn or reassure the public, to correct false or misleading information or due to the special importance of a case (article 74 (1) of the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code 5 October 2007 (SCP)-RRB-.

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.

Surreptitious Russians posing as Americans on Facebook were able to concoct or insert themselves into anti-immigrant rallies in multiple cities, and also, according to special prosecutor Robert Mueller, both pro- and anti-Trump campaign events.