Three days after a prominent artificial intelligence investor and his wife donated $1 million to a political action committee boosting Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s reelection campaign, Lombardo publicly endorsed the state’s booming data-center buildout. A week later, the PAC collected another $1 million from the wife of a developer building those facilities in Nevada…
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This guy has a rap sheet so long you’d think he was a mobster.
Ethics violation (2022 campaign → 2025 settlement) The Nevada Commission on Ethics censured him and fined him $20,000 in 2023 for willfully using his sheriff’s badge and uniform in his gubernatorial campaign ads. He later settled for $5,000 in 2025.
Boring Company safety cover-up (2024–2025) After firefighters suffered permanent chemical burns at Elon Musk’s Boring Company tunnel site in Las Vegas, over $400,000 in OSHA fines were dropped after Lombardo’s office intervened. Multiple former officials called the involvement “absolutely not appropriate.”
Water regulator fired, then $510K from Nevada Gold Mines (2025) He abruptly fired the state’s top water regulator, Adam Sullivan, who had proposed a draft policy that could have limited profits for Nevada Gold Mines. Weeks later, Lombardo’s campaign and a supportive PAC received $510,000 from the mining company.
“I’m Joe Lombardo” traffic stop (May 2026, video released July 2026) Bodycam footage shows him pulled over near Mandalay Bay for a red light violation. He interrupted the officer with “I’m Joe Lombardo” and was let go without a ticket. Aaron Ford, the AG and his Democratic opponent, called it “absolutely abused authority.” A private ethics complaint was filed against him over it.
Earlier as sheriff (2022) The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported he elevated a right-hand man through the police ranks despite allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.
There is surely no correlation here.
only a million? crakkkas sure love selling out they own for the price of less than a house
neveda the state is dependant on a declining brick and mortar gambling industry needs more things that will drain its coffers even further.
The US needs to fix that “donation” thing. It is clearly just corruption.
Obviously just an unfortunate coincidence.