Michele Fiore will not testify in her own defense and her daughter’s testimony will be stricken from the trial record.
On Wednesday, the former Las Vegas Councilwoman and Nye County judge was back in court as part of a federal fraud trial. She’s accused of using charitable donations and campaign funds for personal expenses, like rent, plastic surgery, vacations, and her daughter’s wedding.
Fiore is facing six charges of wire fraud and one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
KTNVGoing into Wednesday’s proceedings, there were questions about whether the testimony of Fiore’s daughter, Sheena Siegel, would be allowed after she possibly perjured herself.
Siegel was called as a witness for the defense and spent several days testifying. Prosecutors were about five minutes into their cross-examination and were asking Siegel about checks that had been written from accounts belonging to Fiore’s political action committee to Siegel.