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Testimony at the trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, has highlighted some practices inside the governor's office that government reform groups say is at the very least questionable, and possibly even illegal.

Testimony at the trial of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, has highlighted some practices inside the governor's office that government reform groups say is at the very least questionable, and possibly even illegal.

Cuomo, in a conference call with reporters Friday, was asked to comment on testimony at the trial of former top aide Joe Percoco, where Cuomo's current chief of staff testified that Percoco continued to periodically inhabit his office adjoining the governor's during a time when Percoco was off the state payroll, managing Cuomo's reelection campaign.

Testimony at the trial of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, has highlighted some practices inside the Democrat's office that government reform groups say is at the very least questionable, and possibly even illegal.

Latimer has knocked Astorino and called on him to resign after his named appeared in testimony at the trial of former labor boss Norman Seabrook.

In testimony at the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Lisa Reid of the bipartisan Legislative Ethics Commission (LEC) confirmed that state legislators are allowed to earn unlimited outside income.

Not exact matches

The following is the record of the testimony given by a Polish guard at the Nuremberg trial.

Can you imagine a detective giving that sort of testimony at a criminal trial?

Here, more than in any testimony developed at the trial, was the mute evidence of the anguish caused by the rift in the church: «Green silk altar hangings given by Miss Winifred Walker in memory of her sister, Ruby Walker... Private communion service given by Mrs. Annie Rose Robertson Sprague in memory of her mother and her sisters... A dogwood planted on the front lawn in memory of Marie Gatling Payne...»

It's the same difference between two types of trial testimony: The character reference given by the accused mother being akin to religious persuasion and CSI type hard evidence that places him at the scene, with the victim's blood on his hands and a video of him doing it.

«It is only a matter of the method He has chosen in creation,» Maynard M. Metcalf, a zoologist from Oberlin College, declared in expert testimony permitted at the trial (though not before the jury).

Many Croat fans were unimpressed when he sensationally retracted his original testimony at the corruption trial of one - time Dinamo Zagreb chief Zdravko Mamic.

ZAGREB: Real Madrid's Luka Modric was charged Friday with giving false testimony at the corruption trial of Dinamo Zagreb's powerful former chief Zdravko Mamic, prosecutors said.

Today's testimony at the corruption trial of a former top aide to Cuomo, Joe Percoco, has been canceled due to the illness of a defense lawyer whose questioning last week led to the arrest of the prosecution's star witness, Todd Howe.

Testimony during the trial also unearthed the issue of potential violations of state law by Percoco, given evidence of his presence at and likely work in government office space while working on Cuomo's re-election campaign — a bright line that is supposed to be avoided.

At both original trials, testimony highlighted how the company viewed its massive donations as a cost of doing business with politicians who supported multimillion dollar tax breaks from which it benefited.

Had Silver's lawyers made any attempt to portray Silver as a man of character at the trial, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara would have undoubtedly seen to it that the Sheldon E. Silver farce had made it into the court record, probably during the testimony of Michael Whyland, Silver's spokesman who led the media attack on the Times story.

Speaking at a press conference outside the office of the CFB Malliotakis referenced the recent testimony of Jona Rechnitz in the federal corruption trial of Norman Seabrook on his political contributions to de Blasio and, according to Rechnitz, the mayor's responsiveness to his requests in exchange for those contributions.

Jurors listened to concluding statements made by both plaintiffs and defendants on Tuesday, June 14, marking the final stage of the two - month - long manslaughter trial on the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St.. The summations came after final testimonies made on Mon., June 7, -LSB-...]

The exchange was one of several wiretapped calls played on the first full day of testimony at the trial in federal court in Manhattan of Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, both of Rockville Centre, on charges they conspired to extort companies to hire Adam and used Dean's legislative power to help him succeed.

Genova, who has received immunity in exchange for his testimony, was on his second day on the stand at the federal corruption trial of Venditto and former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano.

The wife of former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco was paid more than $ 22,500 for less than half a week's worth of work at an alleged «low - show» job, according to testimony at her husband's corruption trial Wednesday.

Mr Michel and Mr Adam's testimony will be the first part of what is effectively a political trial for Mr Hunt, whose professional survival depends on what is said at the inquiry.

Jurors at Joseph Percoco's trial asked for transcripts of testimony but otherwise worked quietly for nearly...

Now, the testimony of two witnesses at a federal trial unfolding in Newark has placed Cuomo in close proximity to what has principally been a New Jersey - based narrative of lies, retribution and planned cover ups as early as October of 2013 — just weeks after the sudden closure of several lanes on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge.

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- The chief of staff for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Thursday from testimony at the bribery trial of one of Cuomo's former top aides to say the prosecution would not affect the Democrat's political trajectory.

As Monday morning, and testimony by Barry Edelstein of Structured Growth Capital, wore on, a few courtroom spectators at the trial of former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, his wife, Linda, and former Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto seemed to be finding it difficult to keep their eyes open.

Former lobbyist Todd Howe spent the weekend in jail after his bail was revoked because he apparently admitted credit card fraud during testimony at the federal bribery trial of Joseph Percoco.

Aides had to rearrange a central New York swing by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015 on the spot after right - hand man Joe Percoco issued a profanity - laced last minute order to visit the Syracuse developer now accused of bribing him, according to testimony at his corruption trial Tuesday.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at the Skeloses» bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned Sen. Tony Avella, a Queens Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

In testimony at the federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook, Rechnitz told how he bought the key to the city for some $ 160,000 in donations to de Blasio and the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, plus tens of thousands of dollars more in gifts to NYPD brass.

The chief of staff for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Thursday from testimony at the bribery trial of one of Cuomo's former top aides to say the prosecution would not affect the Democrat's political trajectory.

According to testimony and evidence presented at the trial, $ 125,000 in campaign contributions were directed by an outside lobbyist, working with a company seeking to do business with the state, to the governor's re-election campaign through a network of limited liability companies.

Disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe's testimony at Joseph Percoco's bribery trial may shatter a «house of lies» this week.

Jurors at Joseph Percoco's trial asked for transcripts of testimony but otherwise worked quietly for nearly four hours Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The chief of staff for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Thursday from testimony at the bribery trial of one of Cuomo's former top aides to say the prosecution would not affect the Democrat's political trajectory.

The staff member, Victor E. Franco, in his second day of testimony at the trial in Manhattan, elaborated on the budgetary process, as prosecutors sought to illustrate that Mr. Silver controlled it all with little transparency or accountability, particularly on the Health Department grants that are the focus of the case.

While Cuomo has not been accused of wrongdoing, the trial could include embarrassing testimony about the inner workings of state government and its dealings with high - profile developers, and comes at the start of a re-election year for the two - term Democrat.

Howe's testimony in the third week of the trial was at times plodding, as Assistant U.S. Attorney Janis Echenberg introduced evidence for jurors.

The conversations were played during the first full day of testimony at their bribery and extortion trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan while prosecutors questioned State Senator Tony Avella, a Democrat, about the procedures and legislation.

Consider this testimony from an executive at a major real estate company, Glenwood, during the 2015 federal corruption trial of Dean Skelos, the former majority leader of the state senate.

NEWARK, N.J. — During defense attorney Michael Critchley's cross-examination of David Wildstein at the Bridgegate trial in federal court this morning, the witness said that it was his «understanding» that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to what would later become Port Authority deputy Bill Baroni's legislative testimony about the George Washington Bridge lane closures.

Despite his comments about representing «little people,» Silver was hired as of counsel at the firm Weitz & Luxenberg to bring «prestige» — as one of the name partners put it in testimony during the trial — and he acted primarily as a so - called rainmaker, bringing in lucrative referrals for mesothelioma cases, which paid him a portion of the proceeds from any judgment or settlement.

In the trial of Mr. Skelos and his son, the testimony detailed how the senator's power was leveraged in three separate schemes, aimed at pressuring companies — all of them dependent on legislation that the senator in some measure controlled — to provide benefits to Adam Skelos.

A juror asked to be dismissed from the Sheldon Silver trial again on Monday, leading us to believe that either the position is cursed exactly like the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship at Hogwarts, or it's otherwise triggering a corruption - inspired allergic reaction among the people forced to listen to days of testimony about the state legislator's extracurricular activities.

Chukwuma, the 11th witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, gave the testimony at the resumed trial of Akpobolokemi, a former boss of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.

When Lara Frumkin, then at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, set up mock trials using videotaped eyewitness testimony, the jury perceived the same person to be less credible if they spoke with a foreign accent (Psychology, Crime & Law, vol 13, p 317).

During her trial testimony, Ackenhusen said that, had she seen the documents that formed the basis for Perez - Melgosa's dismissal at the time of the termination, she would have launched an investigation.

Perez - Melgosa, stunned and horrified at finding herself, as she said in trial testimony, «suddenly severed from a career that makes me who I am,» went to see OSI Director Anne Ackenhusen, hoping, she testified at the trial, to get underway an investigation that she believed would reject the allegation of changing data.

December 1, 2017 • Testimony from a toxicologist in the trial of Kim's alleged assassins says that at the time of his death, the half - brother of North Korea's leader, had with him vials of atropine, an antidote to VX.