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Lombardo used work email to communicate strategy with top consultants, records show (Nevada)
Source: Nevada Independent
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, the Republican candidate for governor, used his official police department email to communicate with his campaign team and direct department employees to conduct research later used by his campaign, emails obtained by The Nevada Independent show.
The four emails, part of a set of 40 that were reviewed and ordered to be released by a judge following a lengthy public records lawsuit, detail a handful of communications in 2021 between Lombardo and his top campaign consultants in his campaign for governor — Mike Slanker of November, Inc. and Ryan Erwin of Red Rock Strategies.
The emails broadly include the sharing of information on criminal justice trends and immigration between staff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Lombardo and his campaign consultants. Democrats have used the lawsuit and legal fight over release of the emails as campaign fodder, calling it evidence that he is using his “government email for political gain.”
“Largely sent from his personal devices, Sheriff Lombardo’s occasional emails to campaign staff are neither noteworthy nor significant, nor do they present any conflict with state ethics law,” a Lombardo campaign spokeswoman said in an email to The Nevada Independent.
The four emails, part of a set of 40 that were reviewed and ordered to be released by a judge following a lengthy public records lawsuit, detail a handful of communications in 2021 between Lombardo and his top campaign consultants in his campaign for governor — Mike Slanker of November, Inc. and Ryan Erwin of Red Rock Strategies.
The emails broadly include the sharing of information on criminal justice trends and immigration between staff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Lombardo and his campaign consultants. Democrats have used the lawsuit and legal fight over release of the emails as campaign fodder, calling it evidence that he is using his “government email for political gain.”
“Largely sent from his personal devices, Sheriff Lombardo’s occasional emails to campaign staff are neither noteworthy nor significant, nor do they present any conflict with state ethics law,” a Lombardo campaign spokeswoman said in an email to The Nevada Independent.
Read more: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/lombardo-used-work-email-to-communicate-strategy-with-top-consultants-records-show