After Joe Lombardo let Elon Musk’s Boring Company off the hook for serious safety violations and then tried to hide the evidence, Congresswoman Dina Titus and Assemblymember Cinthia Moore are calling on the governor to stop putting the financial interests of the richest man in the world over Nevadans’ safety.
While lawmakers have called on Lombardo time and time again to address these deleted records of this backdoor deal with Musk, Nevadans still have no real answers. Trying to dodge any accountability, Lombardo claimed that an investigation into who had deleted the documents had been blocked by the cyberattack on the state in August. Yet, no other government official has made such a claim before, despite multiple previous attempts at explaining their apparent cover up and continued refusals to allow for an independent investigation.
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8 News Now: Nevada governor pushes back on Elon Musk company-tied “cover-up” claims
- Removing their socks, two Clark County firefighters spotted chemical burns on their skin. The 2024 incident spurring a federal investigation, political friction, and a press conference on the steps of Nevada’s highest office.
- The Nevada State Democratic Party held a press conference on Thursday, accusing Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo of participating in a “cover-up” following a “deletion” of records of an initial $400,000 fine targeting Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. The Lombardo for Governor campaign is denying the claim and calling the event a “shameful political stunt.”
- Nevada Democratic Rep. Dina Titus said she is still waiting on a response to a letter she sent to Lombardo six months ago, asking for information regarding the 2024 violation investigated by Nevada OSHA and as to what happened to the records of the private company’s communications with state officials about removing initial fines.
- “Tell us how they got off the hook,” Titus said. “Tell us why there was no appeals process that looked at why they suddenly didn’t have to pay the penalty.”
- Nevada Assm. Cinthia Moore (D-Las Vegas) said during the Thursday press conference that she and others did not believe the governor’s response to the issue was satisfactory.
- “I sent a letter demanding investigation of this cover-up, involving the potential erasure of public records by the governor’s office,” Moore said. “Such violation of Nevada’s public records laws are potential felonies, but when Lombardo’s office was asked about this cover-up, he claimed his office couldn’t find any evidence on the deleted OSHA records because of the cyber attack.”
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