Certainly one of Nevada’s top gaming regulators contacted the FBI after the state’s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, attempted to get in touch with a favor on behalf of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt ended up being believed to be attempting to curry favor with all the Gaming Control Board on behalf of their big donor that is political Sheldon Adelson, owner of Las vegas, nevada Sands.
The Nevada Independent released a transcript on Tuesday of a March 2016 conversation between Gaming Control Board seat AG Burnett and Laxalt, whom at the time was considering a run that is future governor while also facing allegations of ethical compromise.
Burnett recorded the meeting that is in-person the two at a Reno coffeehouse because he thought the demand was odd and unsettling. On the guidance of other state officials, Burnett switched the recording over to the FBI soon thereafter, but the federal law enforcement agency found no indications of criminal wrongdoing.
Asking for Adelson
The hastily requested coffeehouse chat had been to discuss a high-profile trial that is civil Adelson and his company, vegas Sands. A judge was due to rule in times on a key motion in a wrongful termination lawsuit by Steven Jacobs, former chief administrator of Sands China.
Burnett resisted the suggestion that he should file a brief that is amicus the court, talking about a ‘friend of the co (more…)