Sentences with phrase «then special prosecutor»

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«If the reason for passing the special prosecutor office is to prosecute only NDC members then I think it's a waste of time because corruption has not political powers to want to prosecute only NDC members» he stated on Accra - based Okay FM Thursday.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has appointed Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor to investigate allegations that then - state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman physically abused four women.

Republican gubernatorial candidate John DeFrancisco in a statement Wednesday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to review why Gov. Andrew Cuomo's then - campaign chief was working out of the governor's office in New York City.

«In the»70s, Governor Rockefeller appointed a special prosecutor to investigate widespread police corruption and in the»30s, the governor then [at the time] appointed the Seabury commission that investigated municipal corruption in the city, which led to the involuntary retirement of Mayor [Jimmy] Walker.»

A second source said Cuomo was so close to Pigeon that in 2010, Gov. David Paterson refused to allow then - Attorney General Cuomo to name a special prosecutor to investigate election - related corruption charges being made against Pigeon — because he felt Cuomo «couldn't be trusted to authorize a fair probe.»

The monitor would then recommend to the governor if it is appropriate to appoint a special prosecutor.

Then, in July 2016, Holmes was appointed special prosecutor to investigate whether Chicago police officers involved with the highly charged 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald lied about another officer's misconduct.

At Harvard, Crawford was taken under wing by the late Archibald Cox, who would go on to earn a reputation as an advocate of the public interest after serving five months as Watergate special prosecutor — a position from which he was ultimately fired in 1973 by then - president Richard Nixon in what came to be known as the Saturday Night Massacre.

In my opinion, without the highest court in the land having its say on the matter, I do not know how the BC government and the special prosecutor will be able to have a different outcome then the status quo that has existed since 1888.

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.