Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt made\u00a0the following statements requesting\u00a0non-binding legal assistance on behalf of Sheldon Adelson and Las Vegas Sands, in a\u00a0conversation recorded by\u00a0GCB Chair AG Burnett:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019d be a 4-page amicus, and it\u2019ll be as narrow as you would be comfortable with, simply laying out \u2018here\u2019s the law as we see it.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t even need to mention the facts of the case. It could be literally that narrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a tough request, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m having the one-on-one conversation with you. They\u2019re asking me, [and] they\u2019ve asked you, I\u2019m following up with you and seeing where we are on this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think it is a challenging request because it will look like the Sands is getting a special thing\u2026 and so I wouldn\u2019t do anything that jeopardizes me either, and that\u2019s why the only way I think it\u2019s even possible is if we do think that the narrow privilege is in some way in jeopardy and we kept it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laxalt warned that if the judge ruled that internal audits were not confidential it would \u201ccreate a chilling effect for you guys, and you guys will have to figure that out … There will be less cooperation and people will think there\u2019s an issue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of Nevada\u2019s top gaming regulators contacted the FBI after the state\u2019s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, attempted to call in a favor on behalf of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. The Nevada Independent released a transcript on Tuesday of a March\u00a02016 conversation between Gaming Control Board Chair AG Burnett and Laxalt, who at the time was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60,13,61,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Gaming Regulator\u2019s Secret Recording Exposes Unsavory Effort to Assist Adelson<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n