
Michele Fiore campaign ad (YouTube).
Attorneys representing the Nevada woman known as “Lady Trump” began the defense’s case-in-chief this week in a high-profile federal wire fraud trial over allegations of theft and public corruption.
Defense efforts became seriously derailed on Tuesday.
Michele Fiore, 53, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman, onetime GOP gubernatorial candidate, and since-suspended-with-pay Pahrump Justice Court judge, stands accused of four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to a 12-page federal indictment filed in late July.
Federal prosecutors allege that Fiore, when still an elected official in Sin City, touted a memorial fund for a slain police officer and subsequently pocketed at least some of the proceeds.