Sentences with phrase «weakened by the corruption»

But he argued Menendez was weakened by the corruption trial and that the race would be competitive.

Even established democracies, when weakened by corruption and poor governance, are falling into dependency, he argues.

Not exact matches

A month after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction on corruption charges, Assembly Republicans on Tuesday tried a parliamentary maneuver to weaken Albany's rules that assure absolute control by the Democratic majority party over legislation.

But others say they fear the Supreme Court will further weaken U.S. public corruption laws, which have already been restricted by previous court rulings.

The push by a JCOPE commissioner appointed by Silver to legislators applying for exemptions from new financial disclosure rules — passed in the wake of Silver's corruption indictment earlier this year — to submit the paperwork seeking exemptions by hand, in person, and not just by email, could weaken future corruption cases.

But SERAP, in a statement by its deputy director Timothy Adewale on Thursday, said that the acquittal seriously weakened the notion that high - ranking public office holders accused of corruption would be held accountable.

The same year he was made chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization, a monster political machine that's been somewhat weakened by a decade of corruption indictments and flaccid leadership.