Sentences with phrase «top state prosecutor»

«Senator Sampson allegedly stole that money to fund his own ambition to become Brooklyn's top state prosecutor, then engaged in an elaborate obstruction scheme to hide his illegal conduct, going so far as to counsel lies and the hiding of evidence,» she said.

«The fact that he was trying to become the top state prosecutor in this borough I think shows the extreme arrogance and hubris that is involved in this case,» Lynch said.

Aiding the possibility of this proposal actually being written into law in the fact that one of New York's top state prosecutors, District Attorney Charles «Joe» Hynes of Brooklyn has come out in support of its passing.

Not exact matches

Among the material allegedly stolen by Martin was a top secret document that contained «specific operational plans against a known enemy of the United States and its allies,» the prosecutors said.

(Reuters)-- Texas reached a deal with fantasy sports firm FanDuel by which it will halt paid operations on May 2, the state's top prosecutor said on Friday, two months after saying such online operations are illegal gambling.

Now, though, the newly elected top prosecutor in the county has dropped the charges, saying there was no legal basis for the criminal complaints against Mark Haller and Katherine Keylor, who oversaw the state's school lunch program.

Federal prosecutors rested their corruption case against Joe Percoco today, but first displayed a series of emails intended to show the power the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo wielded at the highest levels of state governments.

In the hotly contested Democratic race for Connecticut attorney general, the top Democrat in the state Senate is bypassing a member of his own caucus and endorsing former federal prosecutor Chris Mattei.

Schneiderman's departure has already opened the door for a woman to serve as the state's top prosecutor for the first time.

MANHATTAN — The state's top prosecutor should investigate Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s decision not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. over evidence they tried to sell condos by using inflated sales figures, one state lawmaker says.

As attorney general, Cuomo would be charged with appointing a special prosecutor (or appointing himself as special prosecutor) to probe Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic chairman and now counsel to a top State Senate leader.

The top two leadership posts in the State Senate has changed hands due former Majority Leader Dean Skelos being forced to step down after being indicted by federal prosecutors on bribery and extortion charges a few months ago.

No charges have been filed, but prosecutors are examining «substantial payments» from a tax firm that has helped some of New York City's biggest developers (who double as the state's top political donors) reduce the property tax bills on their holdings.

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended himself and his top advisers a day after his office confirmed that top aides were subpoenaed by federal and state prosecutors amid an investigation into the mayor's campaign fundraising operation.

(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.

Coffey was also the first Democrat to slam the lone GOP AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, saying the state doesn't need a «super DA» as its top prosecutor.

Joe Percoco, the former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who is facing trial on federal corruption charges, «threatened» at least four top state government officials who were considering getting jobs in the private sector, prosecutors claim.

Observers around New York state and beyond will be watching prosecutors try to convict a top state official of extorting money — or «ziti» as it was referred to in emails — from company executives with business before the state.

Charging Cappuccilli was one of Cuomo's last acts before he leaves his job as the state's top prosecutor and takes the oath of office to be New York's next governor.

One Adler critic said that even though the state's top court earlier this year upheld Adler's appointment, «appearances matter, and it's hard to believe that (the Office of Court Administration) could not have found a more disinterested prosecutor.»

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Prosecutors are trying to determine if Skelos used any influence as a top state lawmaker to influence AbTech.

Democratic state AG Eric Schneiderman has hired Howard Master, one of the top public - corruption prosecutors under former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, to focus specifically on issues involving the Trump administration.

In opening arguments today, prosecutors called Joe Percoco Cuomo's «right - hand man,» while defense attorneys deemed the former top administration aide, a mere public servant with limited influence over state government.

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

Prosecutors say the payments were a bribe because Percoco, at the same time, was using his top position with Cuomo to assist Kelly's firm, Competitive Power Ventures, weave its way through the state bureaucracy to build a power plant in the lower Hudson Valley.

Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — made the failed bid to secure the 2013 Republican mayoral primary line by bribing Halloran, Tabone and then - Bronx Republican Chairman Joseph «Jay» Savino, prosecutors allege.

Bharara, a corruption - busting prosecutor whose office convicted former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau) and ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), told top aides in his office Friday that he would not step down.

Kathleen Rice: Before she won election to the House of Representatives in 2014, Rice was the hard - charging district attorney from Nassau County — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favored successor as the state's top prosecutor.

The purchase suggests the state's top prosecutor is using software to map datasets for investigations, a common practice in both law enforcement and the private sector, though the Oct. 2 payment marks the first appearance of the French company, Linkurious, on the Open Book New York website.

Melvin Lowe, a former top political aide to the indicted state senator, is being eyed by federal prosecutors as part of a mushrooming probe.

They raise concerns about how Trump may have used such information, if true, about the top prosecutor in his home state, and whether a jeering tweet from Trump's account five years ago was an oblique reference to the allegations.

Other potential Republican or Conservative candidates are William Ferris, a Navy veteran and former prosecutor; Robert Biancavilla, top homicide prosecutor in Spota's office; John Halverson, a private practice attorney and former county prosecutor; Edward Friedland, district executive of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan; Andrew Crecca, a state Supreme Court justice and former county legislator; and Patrick O'Connell, a former prosecutor who is in private law practice with Suffolk County Conservative chairman Frank Tinari.

State prosecutors in November and December met with campaign fund - raiser Ross Offinger, top political aide Emma Wolfe, union political operative Josh Gold, and political consultants Bill Hyers and Hayley Prim of Hilltop Public Solutions to answer questions, according to a second political source.

A group of top New York and federal prosecutors is scheduled to testify at the first public hearing of the state's new anti-corruption commission.

Cox also accused the governor of trying to send a message to Vance at at time when the Republicans have formally called on the prosecutor to investigate the Cuomo administration for corruption after it was revealed in a federal trial that Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to the governor, continued to use his government office after leaving the state payroll to run Cuomo's 2014 re-eelction campaign, which would violate state law.

«It certainly wasn't a situation that allowed for a close relationship between the state's top prosecutor and Wall Street.»

A bill that would boost salaries for New Jersey's judges, cabinet officials, county prosecutors and top legislative aides is up for a final vote Thursday in the state Senate and Assembly.

The top prosecutors from states including New York,...

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

He did not in 2009 when, working off of a broader indictment that peeled back the inner workings of state government's top deal - making, prosecutors won conviction on two of seven counts.

It's like this guy hasn't been the NY Governor, the top federal housing official, or an NYC prosecutor and state AG for three decades.

Former top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, who was recently charged by federal prosecutors with soliciting over $ 300,000 in bribes in return for state contracts, is an executive at Madison Square Garden.

The top investigator at the state's Board of Elections asked prosecutors in January to investigate whether the mayor's advisers broke the law by channeling campaign contributions to Democratic state Senate candidates through a committee not subject to donation limits, so as to evade them.

A spokesman for the attorney general, Matt Mittenthal, also confirmed the A.G.'s office has had a policy of deleting emails after 90 days dating back to 2007, when current governor Andrew Cuomo took office as the state's top prosecutor.

Subsequently, in late May and early June, Peter Pope, a top lawyer for the governor, asked Mr. Dopp whether the matter of Mr. Bruno's use of state aircraft should be referred to the state inspector general, or even to federal prosecutors, who were investigating Mr. Bruno's outside business dealings.

But Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said his top prosecutors stated there wasn't enough evidence to prove a crime, a view police and some legal experts have challenged.

Ever since becoming Oklahoma's top prosecutor in 2011, Pruitt has joined or led state lawsuits to block virtually every major federal regulation around climate and air pollution that Obama's EPA has put forward.

Combining our longstanding and market - leading labor and employment team with deep crisis management experience and the investigative backgrounds of former leaders from the US Attorney General's Office, former federal prosecutors, state prosecutors, and leaders from other government agencies — including a special team of more than 30 female attorneys — we built a team over decades that can strategically and effectively manage complex internal investigations on behalf of clients and defend them in the matters that result when allegations of harassment by a top member of management becomes a crisis.