Sentences with phrase «violating ethics laws»

Instead, it focused on the bill's marquee features: requiring legislators to publicly disclose their outside income, creating a database of companies doing business before the state and increasing penalties for violating ethics laws.

«He is going around the county campaigning to be the county executive by attacking everyone for being engaged in a dirty way of doing business in politics, and in his own office, blatantly, he's violating the ethics law,» Jacobs said.

Federal officials have opened an investigation into activities by senior White House counselor Kellyanne Conway following a complaint that she violated ethics laws when she slammed Democrat Doug Jones — who is battling Republican Roy Moore to become Alabama's next U.S. senator — on national TV.

But the commission, which includes appointees of Mr. Silver, did not give its staff the authority to investigate whether the Assembly staff had violated ethics laws, a restriction government watchdog groups see as a major shortcoming of the investigation.

Their personal dissatisfaction with the process doesn't change the fact that they violated the ethics law.»

The Cuomo plan would also amend the state constitution to revoke the pension of anyone who violates the ethics laws.

The ethics panel, the state's Commission on Public Integrity, investigated Mr. Sachs's conduct at the request of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that filed a complaint with the commission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as a lobbyist.

Those who have have violated the ethics laws many times this year, almost all Republicans, are not the ones I am willing to trust to give ethics reforms.

At no time between those interviews and the June 26 letter reporting the Ethics Board's findings and recommended penalties, which include public apologies for violating the ethics law, were the council members either informed that ethics panel had found merit in the complaint or given an opportunity to respond to allegations lodged by other witnesses.

Not exact matches

The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

But now, according to The Journal, we learn that Flynn's work involved a meeting on September 19, 2016 with senior Turkish government officials to discuss how to remove a Turkish dissident from the United States without going through judicial or other legal processes — actions that could violate U.S. criminal laws and that certainly raise anew serious questions about Flynn's judgment and ethics.

Top White House strategist Kellyanne Conway on Thursday wouldn't say whether President Trump will discipline her after a watchdog group said she violated federal ethics law by endorsing a Republican candidate in an Alabama Senate race.

Six months later Zhang was forced to go on television, stating: «I have broken the law, disturbed the peace, endangered national security, and violated the ethics of my profession.

To the unsuspecting consumer: this certification really only verifies that the coffee was produced under conditions weren't illegal (violating basic human rights, environmental laws, and business ethics).

In a case that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee played up during the 2012 election, the ethics committee in July began a review of whether Grimm violated campaign - finance laws by seeking and accepting illegal contributions, created false reports and improperly sought assistance from a foreign national.

Percoco is not charged with any federal crimes in connection with his use of the government offices, but the practice violates state laws and codes of conduct set up by the state ethics commission.

Silver announced last night that he would introduce a resolution to begin the process of expelling the sleazy Brooklyn lawmaker in the wake of a scathing report by a state ethics committee that found Lopez sexually harassed women in his office and violated the state's Public Officers Law.

Milton Town Supervisor Scott Ostrander, who ran on a campaign of ethics, is now violating the town's ethics law by asking prospective new Board of Ethics members to apply through him.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

The state ethics panel is examining whether her comments violated the law against state advocacy on ballot measures; it had already ruled that a state Web site was improperly slanted toward mining interests.

A congressional ethics report has recommended further investigations into allegations Rep. Tim Bishop violated House rules and federal law last year, saying there was a «substantial reason» to believe Mr. Bishop broke federal campaign finance rules.

Scott asked a state public ethics commission to investigate whether Robert Haggerty, O'Hara's boss as the former first deputy director of the Department of Agriculture & Markets, violated state law by steering contracts to favored bidders.

The head of Gov. David Paterson's security detail, Maj. Charles Day, has not only been transferred in the wake of the Kaye report, but also faces potential charges for violating state ethics laws.

The foundations of the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union have jointly filed a lawsuit saying an ethics law passed by the Legislature earlier this year violated the First and Fourth amendments.

Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw violated the county's ethics laws when he asked county - connected businessmen to cover nearly $ 12,000 in tuition costs so he could attend a Harvard University business program, the county's Board of Ethics has found.

But Democratic Sen. John Sampson said the data was all public and he didn't violate any laws or ethics rules against the release of confidential information.

The Alabama Ethics Commission found probable cause that a Marshall County commissioner has violated the state's ethics law.

He also called for an ethics compliance office to help legislators determine if they are violating the law.

«Regardless of whether or not Duffy violated state law by interviewing for a job with a private lobbying entity — he'll recuse himself from any future matters involving economic development in his home region — he has committed a mortal political sin: He created an ethics dilemma for a governor currently hammering the state Legislature over its own ethical record, including its lack of transparency on sources of outside income,» Casey Seiler writes in his column, which includes speculative odds on Duffy's successors.

And while the jury deliberates over whether he violated federal bribery laws, the evidence and testimony in the trial revealed serious ethical questions over how the Cuomo Administration monitors ethics.

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(CNN) The House ethics committee is investigating New York Rep. Chris Collins, the first Republican on Capitol Hill to endorse Donald Trump's presidential campaign, for potentially violating federal law and House rules regarding insider trading.

Quinn made her remarks one day after a state ethics report looking into accusations of sexual harassment at the hands of Lopez found the embattled assemblyman did not violate any laws.

Another ethics complaint has been filed against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, claiming free services he received from a law firm violated state law.

(CNN)- Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated state ethics laws by letting supporters set up a legal defense fund to help her battle ethics complaints, a preliminary report on the issue has found.

ALBANY — Two powerful state investigative agencies announced new inquiries Wednesday into the inner workings of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York amid accusations that the foundation's president violated state ethics laws.

The ethics report does not conclude that Silver or his staff violated the public officers law, but says the circumstances surrounding the secret settlements should be referred to the Assembly Ethics Committee.

In a June 26, 2013, letter to the Town Board, the Ethics Board concluded a nearly five - month investigation by finding that councilman Bill McKenna and councilwoman Cathy Magarelli had violated the local ethics law by appearing at an August 30, 2012, meeting of the Planning Board involving the proposed expansion of Cucina restaurant.

Nancy Schauffler, who has filed an Article 78 lawsuit challenging the Cucina expansion that the ethics complaint charged Magarelli and McKenna with favoring, stated that it «just doesn't look good» for a Town Board to rewrite a law that two of its members were found to have violated.

After concluding that Woodstock council members Bill McKenna and Cathy Magarelli violated the local ethics law, warranting disciplinary action including

He can ensure enforcement by a truly independent ethics watchdog with the resources necessary to identify and prosecute those who violate state laws.

But the report also said Palin had abused her power as governor, and had violated state ethics law.

A government ethics watchdog Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission after audio from a secretly recorded conversation implied the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tipped the scales in favor of their preferred candidate, and may have violated campaign finance laws in the process.

Update, 5:17 p.m. The director of the state's top ethics oversight panel violated state law by leaking details about an investigation into former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration to one of Mr. Spitzer's aides, according to a blistering report released on Wednesday by State Inspector General Joseph Fisch.

(CNN)- The South Carolina Ethics Commission has charged Gov. Mark Sanford with 37 counts of violating state ethics laws, according to a complaint released by the commission on Monday.

The document's shortcomings, they said, included its failure to specify the subsections of the ethics law that Magarelli allegedly violated and the panel's determination that McKenna and Magarelli should «refrain from intercepting (sic) meetings of other boards.»

We do need to fix certain aspects of our ethics laws, like closing the LLC Loophole, and pension forfeiture for elected officials who violate the public trust.

As Alan Hevesi ran for re-election in 2006, the state ethics commission found he had violated the law by using a staffer as a driver for his seriously ill wife for three years and not paying for it until after his Republican opponent raised the issue.

The Daily News reports on Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland, Jr. — who has already been accused of corruption by the U.S. Attorney's Office and violating state ethics laws by the Legislative Ethics Committee — owes more than $ 21,350 in unpaid penalties to the Board of Elections for failing to file financial statements, according to Board spokesman John Conklin.

WASHINGTON — There is «a substantial reason to believe» that Rep. Chris Collins violated federal law by touting the stock of an obscure Australian biotech firm based on inside information, while also possibly breaking House ethics rules by persuading National Institutes of Health officials to meet with a staffer from that company.