Lombardo fined $20K for ethical lapses in Nevada governor campaign

The Nevada Ethics Commission fined Gov. Joe Lombardo $20,000 and censured him Tuesday after the panel determined his gubernatorial campaign “willfully” engaged in numerous ethics violations stemming from the use of his badge and uniform as then-Clark County sheriff. The panel voted 4-2 following nearly six hours of arguments between attorneys representing the commission and Lombardo, ruling ultimately the governor had engaged in four violations of ethics law. Elizabeth Bassett, associate counsel for the commission’s executive director, Ross Armstrong, asserted Lombardo’s campaign “knowingly and repeatedly” used a mix of four...