Sentences with phrase «with public corruption charges»

What happened: Not every state lawmaker was hit with public corruption charges last spring — it just felt that way.

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Recently former president Fernando de la Rúa was charged with bribing senators in the 2000 election and current president Cristina Kirchner has faced harsh public criticism over rampant corruption as well.

Maureen McDonnell was charged with obstructing the government's public corruption investigation.

Bharara said he would go after the public pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption charges when they are sentenced, starting with two state lawmakers currently being prosecuted.

ALBANY — In their second declaration in just over six hours, chairs of the commission charged with cleaning up public corruption said they would «look across the board» at soft money accounts maintained by political parties and legislative conferences, including one allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The charge against him read in part, «That you, Robert Obuoha, on or about the 12th day of February, 2016 in Port Harcourt at the Port Harcourt Judicial Division did corruptly give N150, 000 only to Mr. Ishaq Salihu, a public officer and Zonal Head of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, South - South Zone, for the purpose of recharge cards and with a view to influencing his decision in a case wherein you are being investigated and thereby committed an offence, official corruption, contrary to Section 13 (1)(a) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2003 and punishable under section 13 (1) of the same Act.»

It had been reported that the charges stem from the aborted Moreland Commission, tasked with looking at public corruption in the state.

Jacobs promised to prove charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes with videos, audio and emails, along with the testimony of a former assemblyman who collected evidence against Stevenson to try to earn a reduced sentence for his own plea to public corruption charges.

The court documents which appear below and reveal that Huntley, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in January, recorded meetings with nine different people, seven of whom were elected officials and two others who had previously worked as a consultant or staff member to a public official.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just released a statement in response to the public corruption charges brought by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara against a number of individuals with close ties to his administration, including his former top aide, Joe Percoco, whom he once described as like a third son to his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

In the petition dated 15 April 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation expressed «serious concern that the Senate of Nigeria will any moment from now pass amendments to Public Officers Protection Act; Administration of Criminal Justice Act; Code of Conduct Bureau Act and the Code of Conduct Tribunal Act with the political objective of securing a soft - landing for the Senate President Bukola Saraki who is facing corruption charges.»

At the moment, Dean Skelos's strongest base of public support is with his fellow Long Islanders to remain majority leader in the state Senate, despite the corruption charges he faces.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, making his first public comments since U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's bombshell yesterday charging nine men with ties to the governor with corruption in connection to upstate economic development projects, insisted he had «no idea» about anything untoward taking place in his administration.

At 9:30 a.m., jury selection takes place in the case of in U.S. v. (former Senator) Malcolm A. Smith and (former Queens GOP official) Vincent Tabone — charged with public corruption — before Judge Karas, Courtroom 521, White Plains.

After reading the indictments, there is zero public corruption charges here with him and his sone.

Former Sen. George Maziarz was the last man standing among the plotters of a short - lived 2009 Senate coup, until he was charged with five counts of public corruption this week.

This year, two State Senators have been arrested on public corruption charges, with a third Senator convicted of perjury.

«What shouldn't be lost in this web of public corruption is that the same candidate plastering Western New York with commercials calling for an end to corruption has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York's largest public corruption schemes,» Small's campaign manager Matt Tighe said in The Buffalo News.

In addition to the former aide, Joseph Percoco, the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan intends to bring public - corruption charges against a number of other individuals in connection with the wide - ranging investigation, these people said...

He thinks Ganim has an uphill legal battle and said going forward, the question for the courts will be whether Connecticut has a «valid interest» in barring candidates with prior public corruption charges from public campaign money.

President Akufo - Addo nominated Martin Amidu to the Office of the Special Prosecutor earlier this month, with a charge to him to deal with public sector corruption.

Cuomo, speaking at an event in Syracuse, commented for the first time since Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was charged with six counts of public corruption.

Interference from the governor's office has been the subject of an inquiry by the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, related to the governor's decision to close down an ethics panel called the Moreland Commission charged with investigating public corruption.

Known for his close personal relationship with Senate President Darrell Steinberg, Huff is one beneficiary of the Senate's decision to delete the files of Yee, who was indicted on weapons trafficking and public corruption charges.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is expected to be charged Thursday with federal public - corruption crimes, according to a person familiar with the matter.

In their 2014 primary battle, Teachout hammered the incumbent on a number of issues, with a special emphasis on what she charged was Cuomo's lackluster efforts to combat public corruption.

Kalu's legal ordeal began in 2007 when the EFCC first charged him at the High Court in Abuja with 107 that included official corruption and criminal diversion of public funds totalling over five billion.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A commission charged with investigating public corruption in Albany said in its first report Monday that deep and comprehensive reform can not wait.

Antonacci stressed his background as a certified public account and lawyer as well as county comptroller, which he said makes him the most qualified comptroller candidate.Cahill also cited Cuomo's Moreland Commission, which was charged with ferreting out corruption in Albany.

The motion points to news reports outlining Mr. Bharara's rhetoric, including his infamous «stay tuned,» citing among others the Observer headline «A Swaggering Preet Bharara Charges Sheldon Silver With Public Corruption.»

The mayor's $ 2 million legal tab adds to at least $ 11.6 million in public funds spent on lawyers who represented several underlings in the corruption probes, which ended in March with no charges filed — but harsh criticism of the mayor's fundraising practices.

Not all of Mr. Bharara's public corruption inquiries led to criminal charges, most notably his sweeping examination of Mr. Cuomo's abrupt shutdown in March 2014 of an anticorruption commission that the governor had formed with great fanfare just nine months earlier.

In the past few years, several high profile cases of state elected officials being arrested and charged with corruption have further eroded public trust in government.

Meanwhile, he and others argue that with Rousseff's administration rocked by corruption charges and an economic downturn, positive attention from a climate agreement and a possible economic infusion to boost solar, wind and other renewables in Brazil could offer a much - needed public relations boost.

Five Detroit Public Schools employees have been charged with embezzlement in an ongoing probe into the «culture of corruption» that took hold in the state's largest district, a prosecutor said Wednesday....

In a new indictment filed Friday, Eisemann is charged with first - degree corruption of public resources, a crime that could carry a prison sentence of 10 to 20 years prison if he is convicted.

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Public Corruption: These crimes involve those who have been charged with violations of state and federal laws.