By Yvonne Gonzalez[1] (contact[2])
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | 10 p.m.
Adam Laxalt
GOP gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt wants his office to finish its investigation into a Nevada sheriff accused of sexual assault before his campaign decides whether to denounce his endorsement.
Laxalt made the comments Tuesday night during an interview with Steve Sebelius and Christianne Klein of KLAS Channel 8. He said his office just recently received the case on one of the officials endorsing his campaign, Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro, who has been accused of harassment and sexual assault.
“We’re a prosecuting office,” Laxalt said. “I hope the voters understand that while there’s kind of political theatrics going on right now and people demand immediate rejection or endorsement and things like that, this case was referred to my office just a few weeks ago.”
Laxalt said it is “proper” for his campaign to wait to make a decision on the endorsement from a sheriff when his office is investigating him.
“I’m not going to do or say anything until that investigation is complete,” Laxalt said. “I think if I were to come out and unendorse or endorse at this stage of the game, it would either predict or prejudge the investigation.”
What was planned as a three-candidate GOP gubernatorial debate became separate interviews with Laxalt, business owner Jared Fisher, state Treasurer Dan Schwartz and College of Southern Nevada Professor Frederick Conquest. The format changed “due to the interpretation by the candidates of the qualifying criteria for the debate,” according to the station.
The candidates were asked in
