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For example, in 1972, Richard Nixon attempted to impound funds on an environmental project which he opposed. Congress had previously overridden Nixon's veto of the project. The Supreme Court in Train v. City of New York (1975) [2] ruled that the impoundment power cannot be used to frustrate the will of Congress under such circumstances.
This was the first documented case of taxpayer funds being used to settle sexual harassment complaints against a member of Congress. [ 157 ] Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois (Republican), former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , pled guilty in 2015 to structuring bank withdrawals to conceal misconduct by Hastert against an ...
Hush money can be money paid in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement. It can also be an agreement to say that something did not happen even though it did, even in court testimony. The latter type of agreement can be a criminal act itself as an obstruction of justice or perjury. The payment of hush money may or may not be illegal, depending ...
Endorsing a former councilor investigated over hush money payments for congress. Awarding fat cat salaries of $750k to a pal, double the predecessor’s salary. ... adding the Mayor’s Fund for ...
During the hush money trial, Trump ignored an order from Merchan that he should rein in his fiery posts on social media, in which he accused the judge of having a “Trump-hating family” with ...
Donald Trump's lawyers told a judge that the Republican's conviction for illegally covering up hush money payments to a porn star should be dismissed because he won the U.S. presidential election ...
Federal prosecutors said that the funds withdrawn by Hastert were used as hush money to conceal his past sexual misconduct. [4] [3] In October 2015, Hastert entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. Under the agreement, Hastert pleaded guilty to the structuring charge (a felony); the charge of making false statements was dropped. [5]
The prosecution wants to show the jury that Trump knew about the plan and the McDougal hush money payment in an effort to suppress the negative story about him weeks before the 2016 election. 📹 ...