MAGA Republican steals money from slain cop memorial

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Why is it no longer news when a MAGA Republican steal money? Is it because Trump got away with it and now all of them can?
This is just wrong.

Michelle Fiore is charge with multiple counts of wire fraud for stealing $70,000 to fund her lifestyle

A pro-gun, anti-vaccine Nevada politician was found guilty Thursday on more than a half-dozen felony charges for raising tens of thousands of dollars to erect a memorial to a police officer killed in the line of duty, but instead spending the money on, among other things, rent, travel, plastic surgery, and her daughter’s wedding.

Michele Fiore, a 54-year-old MAGA-centric Republican who has publicly expressed the belief that cancer is a fungus curable with baking soda and salt water, was suspended in July from her position as a Nye County justice of the peace after a federal grand jury handed down an indictment on six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud...

...According to the indictment, Fiore’s criminal scheme unfolded over a seven-month period between July 2019 and January 2020, while serving on the Las Vegas City Council. She told donors she was collecting funds to erect a memorial statue to fallen Las Vegas Metro PD Officer Alyn Beck, a 13-year veteran who was shot dead on a call in 2014, at the age of 41. Instead, prosecutors accused Fiore of laundering the money through front companies and relatives, then using it to maintain her own luxurious lifestyle.
 
The OP is four days old. She's been found guilty on several charges and facing 140 years in prison.

A Nevada politician was found guilty of taking money meant for a memorial honoring a police officer killed in the line of duty and spending it on plastic surgery, rent and her daughter’s wedding.

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Michele Fiore, a Republican justice of the peace and former Las Vegas City Council member, of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Fiore, 54, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 6 and faces up to 140 years in prison — 20 for each count.

Fiore — a politician dubbed “Lady Trump” by outlets and pundits for her gun-toting, fiery brand of conservatism — pleaded not guilty when she was arraigned in July. During last week’s trial, prosecutors accused Fiore of bilking donors who thought they were contributing to a statue of Alyn Beck, a 41-year-old Las Vegas police officer who was shot with his partner in 2014.
 
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