Sentences with phrase «under indictment against»

McMahon lost the seat to political newcomer Grimm who retained it while under indictment against a better funded Dominick Recchia.

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One wonders why they are silent now when a company whose leader stands under indictment for alleged actions of fraud against BOCES is in a multi-million dollar agreement with the school board?

In a poor community like this one, with a record of low turn - out — that was enough to win the election — the question is will his tactics work if he's running against someone who's well organized and not under indictment?

Democrats began whispering about the prospects of running in 2016 against a Republican conference whose two top leaders were both under indictment, further buoyed by the expected surge in Democratic turnout that would accompany Hillary Clinton's presidential run.

He later lost it to political newcomer Michael Grimm, who later held the seat against a better funded Dominick Recchia despite being under indictment for tax fraud.

Criminal charges against a sitting district attorney are rare, but Spota and his office have been under scrutiny for years, and the indictment was the latest turn in a federal investigation that has transfixed Long Island and led to the downfall of the county police chief, James Burke.

Mr. Grimm, under indictment for much of the election, was up against another Brooklyn city councilman, Domenic Recchia Jr..

Venable, an African American, moved to dismiss the indictment against him on the grounds that the U.S. Attorney's Office allegedly selected him for prosecution under a federal - state law enforcement initiative known as Project Exile, because of his race.

It is said that, under the form of writ used in this case, the defendant in the prosecution which might follow an indictment by the grand jury would not be apprised of the name of the precise witness who might have appeared against him, and § 829 of the Revised Statutes and the Sixth Amendment of the Federal Constitution are invoked.

Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.»

The military commission could not have jurisdiction to try and sentence Milligan if he could not be detained in prison under his original arrest or under sentence after the close of a session of the grand jury without indictment or other proceeding against him.

Facebook has been under fire for more than a year on a range of issues, but criticism intensified last month when special counsel Robert Mueller secured indictments against a group of Russians for manipulating Facebook and other social platforms to sow discord.