How to Use under indictment in a Sentence

under indictment

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  • Trump is under indictment in three separate criminal cases and is out on bond.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Trump had pardoned Bannon, who was under indictment on federal fraud charges.
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • At the time, Ray, who had been the best man at Kerik's wedding, was under indictment in a $40 million stock scam.
    Larry Neumeister, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The two men were under indictment for conspiracy, riots, and aiding and abetting.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 18 July 2024
  • Banks will assess lending to a company under indictment as a risky venture, and may decline to authorize new loans or even call existing ones.
    Barbara McQuade, Time, 2 July 2021
  • Officials said 23 of the 26 people under indictment are in custody.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The attorney general has been under indictment on state criminal securities fraud charges for eight years.
    Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Paxton has been under indictment for securities fraud since 2015.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 25 May 2023
  • This one involved a defendant who sought to overturn a provision in federal law that forbids people who are under indictment for felonies from buying or receiving a gun.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Torres was under indictment in federal court at the time of his death, charged with conspiring with the Aryan Brotherhood to traffic heroin.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • As prime minister, Netanyahu long rejected calls to step down while under indictment, using his position to lash out at law enforcement, the media and the courts.
    The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Doug Patterson, the Limestone County judge who resigned earlier this year while under indictment, has pleaded guilty to three felony charges of theft and abuse of power.
    Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The police department has a gigantic percentage officers under indictment, right?
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Tobias obtained the texts between Householder (now under indictment) and Greenspan, referenced in federal court records, via a public records request.
    cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Still, few political strategists in either party see running while under indictment as a way to appeal to the independent voters who are crucial to actually winning the White House.
    Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • There is no comparable example in Iowa political history to a former president running to reclaim his old office while also under indictment for more than 90 felony counts.
    Thomas Beaumont and Hannah Fingerhut, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Ukraine froze the assets of Ihor Kolomoisky, a tycoon facing graft allegations who is already under indictment and sanctions in the United States over accusations of bank fraud.
    David L. Stern, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Paxton is currently under indictment for securities fraud and, separately, facing an FBI investigation for abuse of office.
    Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, 14 July 2021
  • Nothing in the Constitution prevents a presidential candidate from campaigning or serving as president while under indictment or post-conviction, although some crimes are disqualifying.
    Dan Balz, Ann E. Marimow, Perry Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • His popularity remained strong even as the criminal allegations swirled around him, leading to him again winning reelection in November 2022 despite being under indictment.
    Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 14 May 2024
  • But Trump’s unique position in American history – a former president campaigning for the White House while under indictment for federal crimes – suggests that the judge’s order is going to be tested in the extreme in the coming months.
    Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • There are no constitutional restrictions keeping Trump from continuing his campaign and eventually moving back into the White House if he is elected while under indictment, which means the country is quickly moving into unknown waters.
    Jessica Chasmar, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Bush came out swinging in his campaign announcement, taking shots at Paxton, who is currently under indictment for securities fraud and, separately, facing an FBI investigation for abuse of office.
    Ashley Killough, CNN, 2 June 2021

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