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NV-GOV: Bodycam Footage Reveals GOP Governor Pressuring Cop to Let Him Go [View all]
Bodycam footage obtained by the Associated Press shows Nevada Republican Governor Joe Lombardo using his name to successfully get out of a traffic ticket. Lombardo was pulled over in May by a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer.
“Hello, how are you doing, sir?” the officer asked Lombardo in the video while approaching the passenger seat of Lombardo’s white truck, where his wife was sitting. “The reason I’m stopping you is for the—”
“I’m Joe Lombardo,” the governor replied plainly, putting his index finger in the air.
“I’m aware. [I’m stopping you for] the red light violation back there. Your right turn onto Giles here.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/213070/bodycam-footage-republican-governor-lombardo-police-ticket
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