Sentences with phrase «testify against the government»

«As a government employee, you can't testify against the government,» Hansen told The New York Times.

In 2013, Hansen left his post at NASA to become a climate activist because, in his words, «as a government employee, you can't testify against the government.»

«As a government employee, you can't testify against the government,» he said in an interview.

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Biometrics might be cool and convenient, but the technology could potentially undermine your legal rights under the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits the government from compelling a witness to testify against herself.

Mylan's CEO, Heather Bresch, later had to testify before Congress, class - action lawsuits have been filed against the company, and Mylan in May was accused of overcharging the US government by $ 1.27 billion for EpiPens.

The battle against Mormon polygamy continued while Taylor was underground, with 1887's Edmunds - Tucker Act forcing women to testify against their husbands, requiring anti-polygamy oaths and laying the groundwork for the U.S. government to seize high - value church properties, including temples.

Jahoda, who is in the U.S. marshal's witness - protection program after testifying for the government against Infelice and mob enforcer Robert Salerno, said, «You see gambling on every campus.

The government wrapped up nearly three weeks of testimony and evidence in its corruption case against former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, resting its case after calling two witnesses who testified in support of the money - laundering charges against the assemblyman.

A federal agent who went undercover as a wealthy businessman for the government's case against former state Sen. Malcolm Smith testified Wednesday that the disgraced politician was well aware he...

An Abuja High Court has knocked off an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Adariku who was billed to testify against the former National Security Adviser Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) in the charges brought against him by the Federal government.

Howe, who worked with Percoco and Cuomo over the years, was also arrested, and testified against Percoco as the government's star witness.

The alleged arrangement, which has become the heart of the corruption case against Mr. Silver, came into focus at his trial on Wednesday, as Dr. Robert N. Taub of Columbia University testified in federal court in Manhattan as a government witness.

Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in its case against former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, testified on Monday that he pressured the...

Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in its case against former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, testified on Monday that he pressured the mayor to oppose SL Green Realty's plans for its office tower, One Vanderbilt.

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

-- On the application of a State or local government, the Attorney General may, in consultation with the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and after prior notice and a public hearing at which persons, including individuals with disabilities, are provided an opportunity to testify against such certification, certify that a State law or local building code or similar ordinance that establishes accessibility requirements meets or exceeds the minimum requirements of this Act for the accessibility and usability of covered facilities under this title.

John Christy has testified on numerous occasions against the mainstream scientific views on man - made climate change including testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, House Committee on Government Reform, House Ways and Means Committee, and others.

Zwillinger testified that the law is currently designed to make service providers like Yahoo! «the last bulwark» against overzealous surveillance, because the FISC does not have the authority to do a full review of a government directive unless a service provider first initiates a challenge.

And as Larry Ribstein has repeatedly pointed out, it doesn't say much for our criminal justice system that the government is paying witnesses to testify against Lerach for the crime of paying his class representative clients.

Lundgren called an expert witness, Glenn Weadock — a software expert that once testified on behalf of the US government in an antitrust case against Microsoft — to explain this to the court.

Top intelligence officials testifying before Congress in February warned against using Huawei products, and a bill has been introduced in Congress that would block the government from buying or leasing equipment from either Huawei or fellow Chinese phone maker ZTE.

Two ob / gyns and a medical students testified against SB 724, explaining that it inserts the government between a doctor and their patient.

In 2012, we were asked by the Canadian Federal Government to testify in their anti-competition case against the Toronto Real Estate Board and demonstrate how Realosophy uses data to give consumers better real estate advice — an important fight we are proud to lead.