Sentence examples for official testifies from inspiring English sources

Steve Strunsky (NYT) ATLANTIC CITY: EX-CASINO OFFICIAL TESTIFIES Calling compulsive gambling a demon, the former president of Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino testified yesterday in his license-revocation hearing.

Page B1 FORMER OFFICIAL TESTIFIES David M. Becker, the former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, defended his involvement in the agency's work related to Bernard L. Madoff's Ponzi scheme when he testified before two Congressional panels.

A State Department official testified that the budget played no role in deciding on security in Libya.

The F.D.A. later insisted that the company conduct a formal recall, an agency official testified during the hearing.

"I would have never allowed him to do that, obviously," one Spanish official testified.

"We asked for payment of the tickets, and we were informed that payment was not required," Brian Smith, a Yankee official, testified.

On Wednesday, a senior BP official testified that emergency equipment at the top of the well had been configured improperly and therefore delayed the response effort.

In addition, if any I.R.S. official testified falsely under oath before Congress about this issue, then there is also the potential for a perjury charge.

Ms. Burke and another administration official testified at a State Assembly hearing that underscored the steep challenges facing efforts to improve the system.

[Brooklyn Paper] A city official testified that more than 23,000 civil servants have flouted state law by not taking tests required of their positions.

Donald Neufeld, a Citizenship and Immigration Services official, testified that auditors had found fraud in about 7 percent of visa petitions, down from 21 percent in 2008.