more on Gibbon's cover-up

In Nevada, Governor's Off the Hook
By Justin Rood - December 27, 2006, 4:22 PM

Ah, the cover-up is worse than the (alleged) crime.

A local district attorney announced today he won't seek to indict the Nevada governor-elect for drunkenly assaulting a cocktail waitress in a parking garage in the middle of the night, AP reports. But the DA and his staff will investigate the woman's claims that those around the governor attempted to keep Mazzeo from telling her story to police.

Former Rep. Jim Gibbons (R-NV) won his state's governorship just weeks after 32-year-old Chrissy Mazzeo accused him of assaulting her in a parking garage after drinking with her and friends for most of the evening. The local police had earlier declined to pursue the matter, and passed the investigation to the DA.

(TPM Muckraker)

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but will justice ever be served? not holding my breath...