Former Las Vegas City Council member Michele Fiore was pardoned Wednesday by President Donald Trump for her fraud conviction.

President Donald Trump pardoned former Las Vegas City Council member and gubernatorial candidate Michele Fiore after she was convicted in a charity fraud scheme. Fiore, nicknamed “Lady Trump,” was convicted in October for using $70,

Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas City Council member convicted of spending donations for a statue honoring a fallen police officer on herself, has received "a full and unconditional pardon" from President Trump—heading off her sentencing scheduled for next month.