Sentences with phrase «special prosecutor overseeing»

Democrats compared the ouster to Nixon's decision to fire the independent special prosecutor overseeing the Watergate investigation in 1973, which prompted the resignations of the Justice Department's top two officials.

Not exact matches

The former FBI director said he considered calling for a special prosecutor to be brought in to oversee the probe but decided it would be «brutally unfair» to do that.

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.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner should follow Cuomo's lead and appoint a special prosecutor to oversee police - involved civilian deaths, the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

In the months following, Cuomo signed an executive order appointing Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a special prosecutor to oversee cases of police - involved civilian deaths.

Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday naming Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as special prosecutor to oversee cases of police - involved civilian deaths.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed the state Attorney General as a temporary special prosecutor to oversee cases where a civilian is killed by a police officer.

Alvin Bragg, now an executive deputy attorney general for social justice, will oversee four other prosecutors serving on the new Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit.

Though Paterson himself called for Cuomo to oversee the former investigation, Cuomo has appointed a special prosecutor to do it in his stead.

A day after activists and the families of civilians killed by police demonstrated outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Midtown office, they joined him at John Jay College as he signed an executive order making Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the special prosecutor for all cases statewide in which an officer is responsible for a civilian's death — making New York the first state to create such a role to oversee the controversial issue of police - involved homicides.

The failure to obtain an indictment also shows the need for a special prosecutor to oversee police shooting cases, he said.