Nevada's GOP governor facing $1.7M ethics penalty for campaigning with sheriff's badge, uniform -
Documents posted in advance of a June 13 hearing in Reno also recommend the appointment of an ethics compliance liaison to Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office due to alleged violations of a state law barring public officers from using their positions “to secure or grant unwarranted privileges, preferences, exemptions or advantages.”
Lombardo’s office declined Wednesday to comment on the recommendation to the eight-member ethics commission, which is appointed by the governor and Legislative Commission to interpret and enforce state ethics laws. Lombardo served two elected terms as nonpartisan sheriff in Clark County - the administrative head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the largest police agency in the state. He resigned in January 2023 when he became governor, after defeating Democratic incumbent Steve Sisolak the previous November.
“What I fear is that the commission is going to undermine its integrity and the foundational principles that it’s supposed to operate on, which is impartiality and fairness,” Hutchison said.
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