Nevada Republican is suspended without pay from her judge’s seat after her fraud conviction

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Nevada *********** is suspended without pay from her judge’s seat after her ****** conviction

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A *********** who once ran for Nevada state treasurer has been suspended without pay from her rural judge’s seat after a federal jury found she diverted for personal use funds raised for a statue of a slain Las Vegas police officer.

Michele Fiore’s job status changed Monday following a Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline hearing last week and a decision filed Monday with the state Supreme Court. The commission had suspended Fiore with pay from the judgeship in Pahrump following her indictment in July on federal wire ****** and *********** to commit wire ****** charges.

Her court-appointed attorney, Paola Armeni, didn’t immediately respond Tuesday to an email seeking comment.

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Oct. 3 following a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. Jurors were told she diverted for personal use some $70,000 that had been donated for a statue of one of two police officers

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. Evidence showed that Fiore used some of the money for cosmetic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.

Fiore, 54, is a former state Assembly and Las Vegas City Council member who was

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by Nye County lawmakers in 2022 after she lost her

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. She was elected in June to complete the unexpired term of a judge who *****. Pahrump is an hour’s drive west of Las Vegas.

She ******** free while awaiting sentencing set for Jan. 6 and could face decades in federal prison. Her former attorney said after the verdict that Fiore intends to appeal her conviction.

Fiore may be best known for supporting **** ownership and backing states’ rights advocate Cliven Bundy during and after armed standoffs against federal officers

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, in 2014, and at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon

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