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Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, waits in the courtroom during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, waits in the courtroom during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Jury to resume deliberating in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Robert Telles, right, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, listens to closing arguments during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. With Telles are his attorneys Robert Draskovich, left, and Michael Horvath. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Jury deliberating fate of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Robert Telles addresses the jury during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Telles, a former Clark County public administrator, is charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Closings set in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Robert Telles, a former Clark County public administrator charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German, takes notes while listening to testimony during his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Key police testimony wraps first week of ex-politician’s trial in Las Vegas reporter’s death

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

Robert Telles, left, talks with his attorneys Robert Draskovich, right, and Michael Horvath, in court prior to jury selection on the second day of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Telles, a former Clark County public administrator, is charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Trial of ex-politician in killing of Vegas reporter opens with video of attacker ‘lying in wait’

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Robert Telles, left, talks with his attorneys Robert Draskovich, right, and Michael Horvath, in court prior to jury selection on the second day of his murder trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Telles, a former Clark County public administrator, is charged in the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Jurors to hear opening statements in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter

Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of murdering investigative reporter Jeff German, argues in court during a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal, File)

Jury selection to begin for ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, May 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Jury selection to begin for ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office, May 11, 2022. A Nevada judge on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, tentatively set an Aug. 5 trial date for Telles, the former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing German, an investigative journalist, but acknowledged that still more time might be needed to finish searching the slain reporter's computers for possible evidence in the case. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Trial date set in August for ex-elected official accused of killing Las Vegas journalist

Robert Telles appears in court during his bail hearing at the Regional Justice Center, on Oct. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas. Prosecutors say the former Las Vegas-area politician, won't face the death penalty at trial in the killing of a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct. Telles, a Democrat now stripped of his elected position, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, after being indicted in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-politician pleads not guilty in Vegas reporter killing

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles appears in court, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A Democrat allegedly murders a reporter — and the media goes ‘shhh’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Jeff German, host of "Mobbed Up," poses with Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, in the background on the Strip in Las Vegas, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Authorities say German, a Las Vegas investigative reporter has been stabbed to death outside his home and police are searching for a suspect. The Las Vegas Review-Journal says officers found journalist German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, after authorities received a 911 call. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Slain Las Vegas reporter spent career chasing corruption

By Ken Ritter and John Seewer

Outgoing Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles washes his car outside his home on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Police: Official’s DNA found at slain reporter’s crime scene

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Jeff German, investigative reporter, poses for a portrait at the Las Vegas Review-Journal photos studio, in Las Vegas, on Jan. 19, 2017. German was stabbed to death outside his home and police are looking for a suspect, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers found journalist German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, after authorities received a 911 call, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Police serve search warrants in Las Vegas reporter’s slaying

Associated Press

In this March 24, 2014, file photo, Immigration Reform for Nevada supporter Robert Telles is seen during an event outside the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., in protest of Congress not taking action on comprehensive immigration reform. Police say they are serving search warrants in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter last week. In a statement Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 Metro Police didn’t specify where they were searching in connection with the death of reporter Jeff German. But the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported uniformed officers and police vehicles were seen outside the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) ** FILE **

Elected official arrested in Las Vegas reporter death

By Ken Ritter