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ABC News reports:
A former Nevada politician was found guilty Wednesday of killing journalist Jeff German in September 2022. As the jury’s foreperson read out the verdict, Robert Telles stared downward and shook his head.
Prosecutors said former Clark County public administrator Telles, 47, stabbed the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter to death after German exposed corruption in his office, destroying both his political career and his marriage.
German’s story detailed an allegedly hostile work environment in Telles’ office — including bullying, retaliation and an “inappropriate relationship” between Telles and a staffer — all of which Telles denied.
CNN reports:
Telles wore a disguise – including a large sun hat – and hid outside the reporter’s home before fatally stabbing him, prosecutors said. About two dozen witnesses testified for the prosecution, which used video and physical evidence to tie Telles to the suspect’s disguise, a maroon vehicle at the scene and DNA from under German’s fingernails.
The defense said Telles had been framed for the death because he was trying to make changes in his political office that upset the “Old Guard.” Telles testified in his own defense during the trial and denied wrongdoing, offering up a conspiracy that a real estate company had hired an assassin to kill the reporter and then frame him.
Telles, a Democrat, was elected in 2018 but was ousted in 2022 after finishing third in the Democratic primary. The cult has long claimed that the media has been silent about the murder because Telles is not a Republican.
Former Nevada politician Robert Telles has been found guilty of murder in the 2022 death of investigative reporter Jeff German. German, who was found outside his home with multiple stab wounds, had written articles critical of Telles and the Clark County public administrator’s… pic.twitter.com/v6K1A4c3d4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 28, 2024