Overview

• President Donald Trump issued a full and unconditional pardon for Michele Fiore, convicted in October 2024 of six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.
• Fiore was found guilty of diverting over $70,000 intended for a police memorial to personal expenses, including plastic surgery, rent, and her daughter's wedding.
• The pardon comes just six days after a federal judge denied Fiore's request for a new trial and weeks before her scheduled sentencing, which could have resulted in decades of imprisonment.
• Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford condemned the pardon, calling it a disgrace to law enforcement and a betrayal of fallen officers' families.
• Fiore, nicknamed 'Lady Trump' for her staunch support of the former president, announced plans to return as a justice of the peace in Nye County despite ongoing public and official backlash.