Guest post by Joe Hoft at JoeHoft.com – republished with permission.
On Monday, an Obama judge dismissed Michele Fiore’s request for a new trial.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reported:
Fiore was found guilty in October of federal wire fraud and conspiracy charges.
Prosecutors said she raised tens of thousands of dollars for a statue of fallen Metropolitan Police Department officer Alyn Beck, but spent the funds on personal expenses such as rent, plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding.
Her attorneys filed a post-trial motion asking for a new trial, arguing that the testimony of the former judge and councilwoman’s daughter should not have been excluded and that her prior attorney was “ineffective.”
On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Dorsey dismissed the motion.
“The law gives great deference to jury verdicts, so the standard for setting one aside for insufficient evidence is high: the court must find that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, could not have supported the verdict for any rational juror,” the motion said.
“We are extremely disappointed by the order,” Fiore’s attorney Paola Armeni said Sunday. “We truly believe Ms. Fiore did not receive a fair trial is guaranteed to her as well as all of us by the United States Constitution. At this time, we will prepare for sentencing and thereafter Ms. Fiore will exercise her full appellate rights.”
City News Vegas reports on this case as follows:
Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas city councilwoman, judge, and fierce defender of individual liberty, was recently convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy charges. The mainstream media paints her as a corrupt official who siphoned funds meant for a fallen officer’s memorial. But peel back the layers, and you’ll find a story that stretches far beyond this single case—a tale of a woman targeted by overzealous prosecutors, a trial riddled with fabricated evidence, and a conviction that defies justice. This is Michele Fiore’s fight, and it’s one every patriot should rally behind.
Fiore’s clash with the feds isn’t new. A well-respected figure who’s won numerous elections, she’s long been a natural enemy of Nevada’s Democratic elites. Her unapologetic stands on Second Amendment rights, law enforcement, and limited government have made her a conservative icon—and a lightning rod for the liberal “idiot class,” as she calls it. The latest chapter began with her fundraising for a statue honoring slain Metropolitan Police Department officer Alyn Beck. Prosecutors claim she raised over $70,000 and diverted it for personal use—rent, plastic surgery, her daughter’s wedding. But Fiore fires back: “They created this case, no evidence, no money in my accounts—just what they’re calling circumstantial bullshit!” Her legal team, in a February 10, 2025, motion for a new trial, alleges the financial records were manipulated, witnesses coerced, and exculpatory testimony buried.
The trial, Fiore says, was a farce from the start. Her daughter, Sheena Siegel, was set to testify in her defense, only to have her words struck down on dubious perjury charges—a move her initial attorney, Michael Sanft, labeled “prosecutorial intimidation.” U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey, an Obama appointee, presided over what Fiore calls a rigged game, where every defense was squashed. “They had their verdict ready before I walked in,” she told supporters after her October 2024 guilty verdict. Her current attorneys, Paola Armeni and Gia N. Marina, argue the government twisted a political action committee’s records into a crime, making Fiore a scapegoat for a system that despises her principles.
But the roots of this vendetta run deeper, and they lead straight to Steven Myhre, a former U.S. Attorney and a key figure in what Fiore calls a “corrupt operation” to destroy her. Myhre, once the No. 2 prosecutor in Nevada’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, has a history of his own. In 2014, Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro slammed him for “flagrant misconduct” in the Bundy standoff case, accusing him of illegally hiding evidence that could’ve undermined his prosecution.
Fiore’s political persecution began when she stood up to the federal government during the Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014. As a Nevada State Assemblywoman, she was one of the only elected officials in the state to openly support the Bundy family, calling out the FBI and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for their unconstitutional overreach and heavy-handed militarized tactics.
Later during the trials, she helped exposed prosecutorial misconduct by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre, who was later sanctioned for withholding exculpatory evidence in the Bundy trials.
Fiore became a target of the federal government’s revenge campaign, leading to enhanced surveillance, IRS investigations, and ultimately, a politically motivated indictment. Her outspoken defense of constitutional rights and her refusal to bow to federal intimidation put her on the FBI’s radar as a political enemy, leading to her unjust classification as a Level II Domestic Terrorist—without any criminal charges related to terrorism.
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