Sentences with phrase «under federal investigations»
Sometimes I do it for nice corporate executives in major multinational corporations under federal investigations for financial, corporate or regulatory offenses, but it's still just criminal defense.
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A bank under federal investigation unitl last year played a role in two recent real - estate transactions involving Jared Kushner's family company, ProPublica reports.
Bank of Internet, which had been under federal investigation, appears in multiple Kushner deals
Cohen, who has served as Trump's lawyer for more than a decade, is under federal investigation related to a 2016 payment he made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, among other matters.
The company is now under federal investigation while its founder deals with a two - year ban by regulators from operating a lab.
And the Washington Post's Carol Leonnig and Tom Hamburger reported Monday evening that Cohen is «under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations.»
And Mr. Cohen is under federal investigation for bank fraud, raising concerns in the president's inner circle that Mr. Trump's longtime personal lawyer will cooperate with the government.
The company's dealings with the pharmacy are now under federal investigation, as are its drug - pricing policies, which have been described by lawmakers as predatory.
Candidate Cuomo initially hesitated to accept the WFP line in 2010 as the party's for - profit arm Data and Field Services was under federal investigation.
After acknowledging the economic development program is under federal investigation and possible wrongdoing revealed by the inquiry, the Cuomo administration hired a former prosecutor to review contracts related to the Buffalo Billion.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and a Brooklyn state Senator cut hefty checks to the campaign of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris after she found out she was under federal investigation — and she promptly drew on the funds to pay for high - priced defense lawyers.
The governor's signature economic development program, the Buffalo Billion, is also under federal investigation, as is his former top aide, Joe Percoco.
Sometimes referred to as a «queen for a day» session, a proffer typically is a meeting between prosecutors and someone who is under federal investigation.
The Albany Times - Union revealed that Percoco was trying to marshal support for the administration while it was under federal investigation for prematurely shutting down the Moreland Commission, and was encouraging people contacted «to communicate with him through private email messages rather than through their government email accounts.»
A routine oversight hearing by the state Assembly turned testy when the state's economic development czar endured over two hours of questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs, which are currently under federal investigation.
De Blasio's administration, which is reportedly also under federal investigation for fundraising practices, has said it followed all laws.
He helped found the shadowy Working Families Party, which is currently under federal investigation for... helping steer undisclosed union cash to politicians.
A routine oversight hearing by the state Assembly turned testy when Howard Zemsky, Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development czar, endured over two hours of questions about Cuomo's economic development programs, which are currently under federal investigation.
On the other end of the spectrum was Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who posted lackluster numbers, bringing in just $ 425,000 over the six months — the least of any of the major candidates, including embattled Comptroller John Liu, whose campaign is current under federal investigation for fundraising fraud.
After a light hearted beginning, question topics included his expectations concerning Kathy Hochul's separate primary, where he expects votes to come from, his «position» in the John Liu / Tony Avella senate primary, reports of pressure from Cuomo's staff and allies on Democrats to refrain from endorsing Zephyr Teachout, Teachout's comment that her qualifications include «not under federal investigation», whether Teachout is qualified to be governor, whether votes for Teachout are an anti-Cuomo protest, his encounter with Teachout at the Labor Day Parade and Tim Wu's related comment that Cuomo «failed a basic test of decency and civility».
Her very first vote was to elect Sheldon Silver as speaker of the Assembly, with full knowledge that he's under federal investigation for failing to disclose payments received for unknown work.
In 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized labor.
Liu's campaign has been under federal investigation, leading to the indictments of a top fundraiser and his campaign treasurer on charges they tried to use straw donors to skirt campaign finance rules.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, pictured in an undated file photo, said Tuesday, May 24, 2016 he wouldn't reveal how much he expects taxpayers will pay for an internal review by a private attorney he hired to look into his administration's handling of the Buffalo Billion development project, which is now under federal investigation.
Newsday reported in January that Spota's top corruption prosecutor, Christopher McPartland, is under federal investigation for possible obstruction of justice involving the case of James Burke, the former Suffolk police chief and district attorney's chief investigator who pleaded guilty in February to beating up a suspect and then arranging a cover - up.
Cuomo is at the center of Albany corruption, under federal investigation for obstruction of justice, witness tampering.
It also maintains the governor is under federal investigation for witness tampering and obsctuction of justice, which isn't entirely true, though it has been speculated that those could be charges under consideration — if any charges are indeed to be brought — by US Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office is investigating the demise of Cuomo's now - defunct corruption - busing Moreland Commission.
Cuomo initially rejected the Working Families Party's offer to endorse him because they were under federal investigation.
That group is currently under federal investigation as it closes down amid controversy.
A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a New York state ethics panel over a story in the New York Times that says the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.
The Daily News has reported that NYCLASS and their former consultant, the Advance Group, are under federal investigation for activities related to the 2013 mayoral race, though people close to both groups deny those reports.
A government reform group is considering filing a complaint with a state ethics panel over a report in the New York Times that the Assembly Speaker is under federal investigation for failing to disclose pay he received from a law firm.
Even scandal - scarred Comptroller John Liu, whose fundraising is under federal investigation, earned nearly twice as much support as Stringer with 7 percent.
Bruno was elected to the state senate in 1976, became majority leader in» 95, and is currently under federal investigation.
In February, sources told The Post that the courthouse was under federal investigation over its alleged ties to Silver, who was forced to give up his role as Assembly speaker after being indicted on federal corruption charges.
Congressman Michael Grimm, reportedly under federal investigation after allegations of illegal campaign fund - raising, blew up at and physically threatened a reporter tonight after the president's State of the Union speech, according to NY1.
There have been a number of charges and countercharges in the race, including the controversy over an anti-corruption commission shut down by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and now under federal investigation.
While one of the Haggertys is under federal investigation, the other is Chief of Staff to City Council Member Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park).
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo spoke for the first time since news broke that his former close associate is under federal investigation for possibly taking illegal payments from developers working on state economic development projects.
There have been a number of charges and countercharges in the race, including the controversy over an anti corruption commission shut down by Governor Cuomo, that is now under federal investigation.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, commenting on the controversial Moreland Commission on anti corruption, which is now under federal investigation, says his opponent is wrongly trying to score «cheap political points» by pressing the issue.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Joseph Percoco, former executive deputy secretary, at a press conference in 2013 in Albany, N.Y. Percoco is under federal investigation for possibly receiving secret payments for contracts under the governor's «Buffalo Billion» economic revitalization program.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former right - hand man, who is under federal investigation, got nearly 100 percent financing on his sprawling Westchester home through a shady lender with close ties to the state capitol, The Post has learned.
The Republican challenger is quick to remind people that Cuomo's office is under federal investigation.
The commissions's actions are now under federal investigation.
«I'm not under federal investigation,» Teachout declared on Post columnist Fredric U. Dicker's radio show in Albany.
He's charged that Cuomo badly fumbled his handling of an anti corruption commission, - the panel is now under federal investigation, - and that the governor was too hasty in passing what Astorino says is flawed gun control legislation.
Teachout responded, «My first qualification for being the next governor of the State of New York is that I'm not under federal investigation.»
New York has more colleges under federal investigation for possibly mishandling sexual assault than any other state.
Silver, a Manhattan Democrat who has served as speaker of the state assembly since 1994, has been under federal investigation over payments he received from a small law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, that specializes in New York City real estate taxes.