Sentences with phrase «top justice officials»

But Yates and then Rosenstein were top justice officials overseeing basically everything in the department.

While law enforcement attitudes toward legalizing marijuana seems to have relaxed, the nation's top justice officials have not changed their stance on marijuana as an illegal drug.

Nunes criticizes one top justice official, but he doesn't claim that official had anything to do with surveillance of Carter Page.

The extraordinary criticism raised questions about whether Trump was seeking to drive his top Justice official from office as a way to wrest control of the investigation from Mueller, who was appointed after Sessions» recusal for failing to immediately disclose his meetings with Kislyak.

Not exact matches

Comey said he kept memos on his conversations with Trump — a move he said he did not do with two prior presidents or other top Justice Department officials — because he «was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting.»

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.

President Donald Trump had planned on firing former FBI Director James Comey with or without a recommendation from top Justice Department officials, he said in an interview with NBC News Thursday.

Trump quickly seized on the fact that the Russian «information warfare» effort, as it was dubbed by a top Justice Department official, began in 2014, before he declared his candidacy for president.

While the top level of the agency is staffed by officials chosen by the White House, the Justice Department is supposed to undertake legal obligations of the U.S. government in a non-political fashion.

Famous as the site of the 1972 break - in that led to President Nixon's fall, the complex is a grande dame of Washington real estate that has counted senators, top administration officials and a Supreme Court justice as residents over the years.

The committee posted the 10 - page document Saturday after weeks of wrangling between the panel's top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Justice Department officials over the contours of classified material he hoped to release.

The president also complained about Session's decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, a longtime sticking point for Trump, who felt that his top Justice Department official should have done more to protect him.

Former top Justice Department official Harry Litman told me last week that there was «nothing preventing» such a development and that it was «a likely prospect to consider.»

But former top Justice Department official Harry Litman said that, while the admission might complicate the NDA somewhat, the biggest takeaway is that it protects Trump.

Depending on what it says, Trump could argue that it provides evidence of deep bias against him at the FBI and use it as a pretext to fire top Justice Department officials he perceives as insufficiently loyal, like Rosenstein.

Republicans say their memo proves bias against Trump by top officials in the FBI and Justice Department.

Top priority of the campaign is to call on elected officials to create legislation that supports economic justice, anti-racism and anti-white supremacy policies, women's rights, the ending of voter suppression, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights, as well as affordable quality housing, healthcare and education.

Karol Mason, a top official in the Obama administration's justice department, will become the first black and first woman president of Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, trusteejustice department, will become the first black and first woman president of Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, trusteeJustice, trustees said.

A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Marc Molinaro called on Cuomo to apply the «Vance Standard» to the employees of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who allegedly suffered abuse from a top official — including two women who claim they were victims of reprisal by the agency itself.

And yet, the WFP's top official says there are a lot of things to celebrate as the year ends, pointing to a growing progressive advocacy movement ranging from climate change to criminal justice reforms.

Mr. Cuomo also has high regard for Janet DiFiore, the district attorney of Westchester County, and Denise E. O'Donnell, a former federal prosecutor from Buffalo who is the Paterson administration's top criminal justice official.

The three top EC officials today [Monday], appeared individually before the Chief Justice in the company of their lawyers, at the office of the Judicial Service located at the Supreme Court.

The Division of Criminal Justice Services has fired a top official there after it was reported he was never disciplined following repeated sexual harassment allegations.

Top White House and Justice Department officials asked for patience from the public as they refused to say whether Russia or another nation may be behind a new series of headline - grabbing hacks affecting the realms of politics and sports.

Leaders in the social - justice, nonprofit and activism sectors made up a disproportionate share of those appointed to help the mayor - elect choose top administrative officials, advise on policy ideas and even help guide his approach to the budget.

«Clearly the fact that he's talking about people needing equal access to justice and feeling that they're getting it is an important part of what we're saying as a conference,» said Democratic conference leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is the top black elected official in the Senate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»: reforms to the juvenile justice system and the proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.

Mr. Klein said he made a final decision to join News Corporation in the last week, a hire that puts a respected official with Democratic credentials — he was a top antitrust lawyer in President Bill Clinton's Justice Department — in the executive suite at Rupert Murdoch's conservative - leaning news media giant.

A top DEA official testified before Congress on March 4, 2014 that the policy regarding industrial hemp was under review at the Department of Justice.

As Denniston also reported when the case was argued in April, a group of former top Justice Department officials, ex-prosecutors at the federal and state levels, and former judges asked the court to keep the Jackson decision intact, saying it had provided a «bright - line rule» that had become «embedded in routine police practice,» just as had the warnings requirement of Miranda v. Arizona.

A top U.S. Justice Department official who departed his post in November is joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington, D.C.

The perceived discord from top Korean officials is a carry over from January 11, 2018, reports where Justice Minister Park Sang - ki

The perceived discord from top Korean officials is a carry over from January 11, 2018, reports where Justice Minister Park Sang - ki stated regulators were preparing legislation to halt cryptocurrency trading.

Last month, he spearheaded a memo that attempted to undermine Republicans» claims that top officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice, including McCabe, improperly obtained a surveillance warrant to spy on a former member of the Trump presidential campaign.