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The law was passed in 1956, [7] while Jacob Javits was attorney general, [8] [1] and signed by governor Averell Harriman. Section 63(12) has been used in many high-profile prosecutions, including in People v. Exxon Mobil (2018), during the New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization, and against Martin Shkreli. [9] [2]
The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The change in the law undermined the confirmation authority of the Senate and gave the attorney general greater appointment powers than the president, since the president's U.S. attorney appointees are required to be confirmed by the Senate and those of the attorney general did not require confirmation. [15]
The subpoena is a process in the name of the court or a judge, carrying with it a command dignified by the sanction of the law. [33] A subpoena has been called a mandate lawfully issued under the seal of the court by a clerk thereof. [34] In general, the norm is to have the clerk of the court issue the subpoena for an upcoming trial in that ...
(Reuters) -Federal prosecutors on Friday formally asked a U.S. judge to drop bribery charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams after an order by an official in President Donald Trump's Justice ...
The New York state attorney general's office on Monday urged a judge to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for not producing documents subpoenaed in a probe of his business ...
The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government. [1] The office has existed in various forms since 1626, originally established under the Dutch colonial government of New Netherland.
The New York attorney general's office on Thursday sent a cease-and-desist letter to a group accused of confronting voters at their homes while claiming to be state election officials and falsely ...