Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore arrives with her attorney Michael Sanft at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas, Friday, July 19, 2024, for her initial appearance on federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Michele Fiore, a Pahrump, Nev., judge who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022, speaks to reporters outside U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on Friday, July 19, 2024, after pleading not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges. Her attorney, Michael Sanft, watches at left. (AP Photo/Ken Ritter)
Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore, center, refuses to take questions after reading a statement to the news media outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas after pleading not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy Friday, July 19, 2024. With Fiore are her attorney Michael Sanft and people she identified as her family. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore walks out of the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in Las Vegas after pleading not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and conspiracy Friday, July 19, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)