Category Archives: Michele Fiore

Forging friendships

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Sigal Chattah US Attorney District of Nevada and Vickie Dehart

Event guests: Sigal Chattah (left) and Vickie Dehart (Photo Illustration)

UPDATE, 11 AM, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025: Towards the end of this post, I asked questions about the process of Michele Fiore’s presidential pardon by Donald Trump before she was even sentenced for her conviction. According to a published report this morning in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the RJ wrote: “Interim Nevada U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah, who accompanied Fiore to court during her criminal case, said she was not involved in getting Fiore a pardon. ‘We haven’t talked in a while,’ she said. Asked why, Chattah replied: ‘It’s none of your business.’ “

There you have it, fellow Nevada citizens. It’s none of our business to know whether or not Chattah had anything to do with, or helped with, getting Fiore a pardon from President Trump. None of our business whether or not Chattah’s friend (who had been nicknamed by some as “Lady Trump”), who was convicted by a jury on 7 felony counts and faced the possiblity of 140 years in prison, got help from interim US Attorney Chattah to get a full pardon.

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At an event in Las Vegas Wednesday night (May 7, 2025) Sigal Chattah and Vickie Dehart enjoyed a wonderful evening together!

But where was “Nino”? Where was Anthony D’Anna, the convicted felon and documented organized crime figure? Tony is Vickie Dehart’s current longtime boyfriend who Chattah represented in an accident and injury case and who won a settlement (sealed by the court). Nino / Tony, nowhere to be seen ….

I wonder what Sigal and Vickie talked about? Maybe the mess Vickie’s gotten herself into related to the $1.5 million loan to Piero’s restaurant longtime general manager, Evan Glusman, son of the owner and founder, Freddie Glusman. The $1.5 million loan went through Dehart’s Diamonds NV Management, LLC; Dehart is the sole officer listed on the Nevada Secretary of State’s portal for business registrations. Evan is reportedly being investigated by authorities for “… taking out an unauthorized loan against [Piero’s] and then threatening a shooting,” according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained.

Did Nino’s name come up? I’m sure it did. I’m just sitting here speculating about that conversation between Chattah and Dehart. For example, I’m wondering if the two of them, sitting together at this event, ever talked about Nino’s bragging about not filing income taxes. Do you think Sigal would have asked Vickie about that? Or was there any conflict with Sigal representing Nino in that accident and injury case? Or with Sigal representing Tony’s mother, Erlava D’Anna in a separate case?

Maybe they talked about Sigal’s interim appointment as US Attorney for the District of Nevada, and how long she might be able to hold onto that post. Or maybe they talked about Sigal’s friend, Michele Fiore, who was convicted of 6 counts of wire fraud and one count of attempted wire fraud for her personal use of funds that Fiore raised for a statue honoring a fallen Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer; shortly before she was to be sentenced (which could have resulted in 140 years in jail if she had gotten the maximum) Fiore was pardoned by President Trump. Presidential pardon or not, the money Fiore raised never was used for the statue; it paid for some of Fiore’s personal expenses, such as plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding.

It looked like Chattah had Fiore’s back; they were photographed by the Review Journal leaving court on Sept. 9, 2024, the date of Fiore’s arraignment. It was also reported that Sigal sat in the courtroom during Fiore’s trial. But now, seeing the fury that’s been raised from all ends of the political spectrum about Fiore’s pardon, Chattah seems to be distancing herself from Fiore, saying in an 8newsnow interview that “she used to be my friend,” and that “I have not talked to Michele for months.” Really? Interesting.

Sigal, what was your role in Michele Fiore’s presidential pardon? Did you have a role in it? Just curious. How does someone actually get a presidential pardon, or even get on the list to be granted a pardon, and how does that person rise to the top of the list for that? And so quickly, like Michele Fiore. What’s the process for that? Does a pardon application go through someone such as yourself, Sigal? You’re the interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada. Wouldn’t that have had to come from or at least through your office? I don’t know the answer to those questions. Perhaps you could help explain that, since no other media has bothered to ask these questions.

Sigal, I find it hard to believe that you said you’ve had no communication with Michele Fiore in months. Has it been one, two, three months? Has it been since her conviction in October 2024 — seven months? Or has it been since Fiore’s pardoning on April 23, 2025?

I can only imagine the conversation between the two of them. Kind of gets your imagination running …

BETTER CALL SIGAL

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I ran across some very interesting and important news this weekend related to Piero’s Italian Cuisine. The popular restaurant owner’s son, Evan Glusman was arrested Saturday, April 26, 2025 and held without bail.

  1. The charges are (see Register of Actions image above):
    One felony count categorized as “Make threat or false info re act of terrorism or WMD” (my emphasis)
  2. One misdemeanor count for Harassment, first offense

Piero’s Italian restaurant, a popular spot not only for celebs and may prominent Las Vegas muckety-mucks but also for Anthony aka “Nino,” aka “Tony” D’Anna, his current girlfriend Vickie Dehart, and lots of top politicos like interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah and many other movers and shakers.

From Piero’s “About” page on their website (https://www.pieroscuisine.com/about):

“The restaurant boasts a distinguished roster of regulars, from political figures like George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to entertainers such as Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, and Justin Timberlake. Local celebrities, including members of the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Raiders, along with personalities like Mike Tyson and Dana White, are often spotted here.”

Yes, it’s that kind of place. But here’s the thing: Anyone who goes to Piero’s in Tony’s company either knows or has been introduced to Evan Glusman by Tony. And the cast of characters in Tony’s circle who frequent the restaurant include Vickie Dehart, Sigal Chattah (who one witness said introduced Vickie to Tony at the restaurant) the late Judge Melanie Tobiasson, and other high-level political and judicial movers and shakers. In fact, I was there one night — when Tony and I had a much better relationship — and he personally introduced me to Evan Glusman.

I’ve learned from sources that Evan and his father, Freddie Glusman, were seen at Queensridge, where Freddie lives, on the day of Evan’s arrest. My sources saw an extreme amount of law enforcement agents and agencies at Queensridge. It was enough of a gathering, apparently, that you couldn’t miss it.

Speculation is that there is something going on between father and son related to the ownership of Piero’s. I can’t say what that issue or issues might be, but I find it very interesting that someone registered Piero’s Las Vegas LLC with the Nevada Secretary of State on 04-24-2025, just two days before Evan was arrested on Saturday, 04-26-2025. The LLC is listed on the state’s SilverFlume portal of business registrations and is currently active. As you can see from the accompanying document, the entity type is listed as “Reserved.” The entity status is listed as “Reserved.” The formation date is 04/24/2025. There is no registered agent information listed, which is unusual. No registered agents or officers, no name of individual or legal entity, no business ID, no address. Very strange.

Freddie Glusman, Evan’s father, is getting up there in years. Who knows what goes on behind closed doors when it comes to family — especially when family members are in business together?

You’ll note in the attached Register of Actions court document shown above, that probable cause was found in the arrest; that there was a release order granted by the judge after bail was posted, and that the release order also stipulated that Evan Glusman wear an ankle monitoring device. Additionally, Evan was ordered by the court (presiding Judicial Officer: Amy Ferreira) to “stay away from” Peiro’s (at least 1,000+ yards from the restaurant’s address), and that Evan was ordered to “not have weapons in possession.”

This case is just beginning to proceed through the Nevada state courts, and I’ll be looking to update this with more information, possibly as soon as Monday. So stay tuned. In the meantime, my advice would be:

“BETTER CALL SIGAL”

BETTER CALL SIGAL: The Photo Album

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Sigal Chattah, Michele Fiore, and Vickie Dehart have had quite the time together in their relationship over the years. Please scroll through this brief photo album of images culled from public social media posts to check out their adventures:

From left to right - Vickie Dehart Michele Fiore and Sigal Chattah gather around Peiro's owner, Freddie Glusman

Top, from left to right: Vickie Dehart, Michele Fiore, and Sigal Chattah gather around Peiro’s founder and owner, Freddie Glusman, during the restaurant’s 40th anniversary celebration in 2022. (Facebook Photo)

an event in 2020 of the three together again (from left to right) Michele Fiore, Vickie Dehart, and Sigal Chattah.

Here’s a shot from an event in 2020 of the three together again (from left to right) Michele Fiore, Vickie Dehart, and Sigal Chattah. (Facebook Photo)

Sigal Chattah right and Michele Fiore with Santa at a 2019 event thrown by former Las Vegas mayor candidate Victoria Seaman.

Sigal Chattah, right, and Michele Fiore with Santa at a 2019 event thrown by former councilwoman and 2024 Las Vegas mayoral candidate Victoria Seaman. (Facebook Photo)

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Here’s another one from the same 2019 event as above with (from left to right) Michele Fiore, Santa, Victoria Seaman and Sigal Chattah. (Facebook Photo)

One more photo to share, and I find this one to be quite poignant. It’s a photo from the dedication of the installation of the statue of slain police officer Alyn Beck, photographed at the front of Officer Alyn Beck Memorial Park. The statue and the park are dedicated to the memory of fallen Officer Beck. Michele Fiore was charged with, tried for, and found guilty of multiple counts of wire fraud related to the funds she helped raise to go towards the memorial statue, which she then — according to the guilty verdict in her case — was convicted of. Just days after the jury rendered the guilty verdict convicting Michele Fiore on all counts, President Trump pardoned her.

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Identified in front of the statue honoring slain LVMPD Officer Alyn Beck are, from left to right: Michele Fiore, then-Gov. Steve Sisolak, then-Sheriff Joe Lombardo, and then-Mayor Carolyn Goodman. (Facebook Photo) NOTE: Faces of those who could not be identified were intentionally blurred.

Michele Fiore: A really bad actress

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(Click the image above to watch the trailer on YouTube)

OPINION: BY SA BARKET

This is who Michele Fiore is: A really bad actress. Not just in this “film” (which has all the production and acting qualities of a really bad porn movie, in my opinion), but on the state and now national stage, given Fiore’s recent pardon by President Trump.

You can also watch the the trailer below here:

(Please click on the video trailer linked above and watch; you’ll be tempted to look away, but don’t. You need to watch it all for the full experience.)

Yes, that really is her — almost 20 years ago or so.

This is who your Nevada ex-councilwoman is, folks. This is who your suspended (yet to be determined if she’ll be reinstated) Justice of the Peace is, fellow Nevadans. This is who President Trump pardoned after she was convicted on six counts of wire fraud and one count of attempted wire fraud after being found guilty of using funds raised to honor a slain cop for her own personal expenses — like plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding.

And the nominations are:

  • Michele Fiore: Bad Actress
  • Michele Fiore: Bad Actor in the Republican Party
  • Michele Fiore: Tied at the hip with current interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah
    For example, see:
    • “Chattah, who also serves as the state’s Republican National Committeewoman, is friends with Fiore.” Nevada Independent
    • “Interim U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah, who sat behind Fiore during the trial …” 8newsnow.com
    • “… Fiore’s friend, Sigal Chattah, a lawyer and conservative GOP firebrand …” Associated Press
  • Michele Fiore: Fraudster
  • Michele Fiore: Morally and ethically bankrupt
  • Michele Fiore: Needs to be swept into the dust bin of political and legal history as fast as possible

As stated above, all my opinion. But I bet you agree, especially after watching that trailer.

It looks like it’s good to be a friend and/or colleague of Sigal Chattah

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OPINION: BY SA BARKET

It’s starting to look more and more like it’s a good thing to call interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah a friend or colleague (you know, like Anthony “Tony / Nino” D’Anna, for example).

Any conflict of interest on this one, Sigal? Your legal buddy, Michele Fiore, who you accompanied to her arraignment back in September, avoided a potential 140-year sentence after her conviction on six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud thanks to a pardon from President Donald Trump. It came just a few days after her conviction. Before the public even had any time to digest the news. Before any outrage about the conviction burst forth from … wherever. (I don’t think anyone was really anticipating that.) We’ll be getting into more of the details surrounding this case in future write ups.

That’s a conviction on seven counts, each with a maximum sentence of 20 years. I’ll do the math: 7 counts X 20 years each = 140 years. Potentially. If Michele got the maximum and the sentences didn’t run concurrently.

No wonder Michele is thanking God she got pardoned. I would be, too.

Here’s the headline in the NY Post (see above), which sums it up perfectly:

“Trump pardons Nevada politician who used $70K from slain cop’s memorial funds to pay for plastic surgery, daughter’s wedding”

Michele Fiore was convicted of using money raised for a memorial for a cop who was killed in the line of duty for … plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding?

Doesn’t this get you angry, Sigal, as the “top cop” in the state of Nevada — the interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada — watching someone like suspended and convicted Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore found guilty by a jury on all counts walk free before sentencing?

Or is it a sense of relief and joy because the two of you are legal running buddies here in Las Vegas and work (or at least had worked) in leadership roles in the Nevada state Republican Party?

I saw the photograph in the Las Vegas Review Journal (linked here: Sept. 9, 2024) of you and Michele leaving the Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse back on Sept. 9, 2024 — the date of Michele’s arraignment preceding her trial.

I would think you would have very conflicted emotions about her pardon. On the one hand, as a colleague feeling relief for her pardoning, juxtaposed against your role as Nevada’s interim US attorney wanting to see justice done.

Or did you perhaps have something to do with the pardon in any way? Just asking a question. Many other top law enforcement and government officials in Las Vegas and Nevada I’ve spoken with used the word “disgusting” when it came to Fiore’s pardon.

As the current interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada, I’d think you’d similarly offer some expression of anger at someone convicted of the crimes Fiore was tried for getting off the hook. I’m waiting … still waiting.

Shortly after Michele Fiore’s conviction and just before sentencing for a potential 140 years in jail — like Charlie Brown running up to kick that football that Lucy is holding, you saw that conviction and sentencing snatched away by President Trump’s pardon of her, just days after her conviction and before she even was sentenced.

Where is the press release coming from your office on this one, Sigal? That would be an interesting one to write. How would you frame that? Would it go something like this:

“Michele Fiore, pursued by federal prosecutors for misappropriating funds being raised for a police memorial and and instead using them for her own personal expenses and convicted on all seven counts against her, just before sentencing received a pardon from President Donald Trump.”

How’s that working for you? Oh, right. I forgot. You have different tiers of justice for people who you are closely associated with, like Tony “Nino“ D’Anna. This is all starting to make sense now.

I don’t doubt there’s much more to these Michele Fiore shenanigans than meets the eye. I will be doing some digging to see what I can find out this — you know, the Who, What, When, Where, Why & How of it. (At this point, I don’t think there’s a 6th W — Wiretap — involved.)

I’m beginning to wonder about my Republican Party. About you, I have no doubts, though, Sigal. You are unfit to continue in the role of US Attorney for the District of Nevada, in my opinion. Are you really ready for the verbal onslaught and beat-down you likely will receive at the hands of the Senate Judiciary Committee should you get to that confirmation hearing?

You wrote in an X post not too long ago when you congratulated Kash Patel for his appointment as FBI Director, “What a time to be alive.” Yes, indeed. I will revel in this time as I watch your interim appointment crash and burn. Just taking a page from your X protocol.

Stand by for further developments.

The story behind Michele Fiore’s conviction of her shakedown of the public’s trust

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(Michele Fiore trial: Day 2 transcripts, Page 1)

(Link to Day 2 Transcript, PAGE 1 / PAGE 2)

OPINION: BY SA BARKET

The following transcript is from the court proceedings on Day 2 of the trial of defendant Michele Fiore, who at the time was a suspended Justice of The Peace.

The Mr. Gottfried referenced below is Alexander Byrne Gottfried, U.S. Department of Justice, lead attorney for the prosecution of defendant Michele Fiore.

From Day 2’s court transcripts, Sept. 25, 2024:

MR. GOTTFRIED: “Good morning. May it please the Court, Mr. Sanft.

“Members of the jury, on June 8th, 2014, Officer Alyn Beck and his partner, Igor Soldo, were taking their lunch break at a pizza restaurant in Northeast Las Vegas. Both men
were patrol officers with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. On that day, without provocation, the two officers were ambushed and shot dead as they sat there eating
their lunch. The two officers went to work every day to protect the citizens of the Las Vegas Valley, and they were murdered for no reason except the uniform that they proudly wore.

“In the aftermath of that tragedy, there were many members of the community that rightly sought to honor and remember those officers’ sacrifices. The desire to remember the fallen is a natural human impulse. The defendant’s decision to take advantage of that impulse is the reason that we’re all in court today. You see, members of the jury, the case that you’re about to hear is not about the heartless killers that took the lives of Officers Beck and Soldo. The case that you’re about to hear is about a public official, a city councilwoman, who took advantage of those officers’ memories for her personal gain.

“You’re going to hear that the defendant, Michele Fiore, started a fake charity and raised tens of thousands of dollars supposedly for the purpose of building a memorial to Officer Alyn Beck. But you’re going to hear over the course of this trial that that was a lie. And what’s more, the defendant knew that it was a lie.

“You’re going to hear that none of the money that she raised, not one cent, was spent for a memorial to Officer Beck. And during the course of this trial, we’re going to follow the money and show you how she spent it: On herself and on her family, paying her rent, her political fundraising bills, for plastic surgery, and for her daughter’s wedding.”

This is what Michele Fiore was convicted of. Gottfried proved his case, according to the seated jury, which convicted Michele Fiore on all seven counts.

And President Donald Trump pardoned Fiore.

I want you to know the details of this case, because you’re not getting the real story in any of the local media reporting on it, nor in any of the national media that even bothered to pay attention to the facts of this story.

And I want you to know the details of this story to honor those two fallen officers.

There is much more to come related to the revelations that came as a result of this trial.

I’m hearing that Anthony D’Anna (aka “Tony,” aka “Nino”) seems to think he has a get-out-of-jail-free card, so to speak, in the form of Sigal Chattah

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OPINION: BY SA BARKET

I’ve heard recently that Anthony D’Anna (aka “Tony,” aka “Nino”) has been bragging that he’s untouchable because of his relationship with current interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada Sigal Chattah.

us attorney interim nevada sigal chattah get out of jail freeThis boasting by Tony about his being untouchable comes on the heels of the recent news of one of Sigal Chattah’s closest legal and political colleagues, Michele Fiore, being granted a full pardon by President Trump.

Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Makes you wonder about the connection between Michele Fiore (who’s actually been nicknamed, “Lady Trump”), Sigal Chattah and President Trump. Like, I wonder how Michele Fiore’s pardon happened so fast for a state-level Republican politician to have gotten a pardon just days after her conviction? And even before her sentencing? Could have been 140 years, or could have been a relative slap on the wrist. We’ll never know now.

Makes you wonder, did Sigal Chattah have a role in Fiore’s pardon. You don’t have to be smacked in the face with a 2×4 to come up with the possibility of that connection. How did Fiore get a pardon with such a convincing conviction with such blatant disregard for the law? The financial evidence and court documents brought forward by the prosecuting federal attorneys (hello, Sigal Chattah) speak for themselves.

And one last question: Are you sure about this one, President Trump, any second thoughts about this pardon?

Michele Fiore was previously a city councilwoman and was a Justice of the Peace before being suspended July 24, 2024 when she was charged with, subsequently tried for, and convicted of six counts of federal wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. These charges were in connection with Fiore using money raised to be used for a statue honoring a slain police officer on personal expenses, including plastic surgery and her daughter’s wedding.

Fiore and Chattah are closely connected, both through their legal profession as well as a sisterhood (my word, my opinion) through Nevada Republican politics as leaders for that party in the state.

Let me be clear, I am a “Superfan” with a capital “S” of President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. I am not, however any sort of fan of Chattah’s installment as interim US Attorney for the District of Nevada. I don’t understand her appointment, nor do I understand the pardon of Michele Fiore before she even was sentenced after her conviction on all seven counts.

Bad, bad choice, in my opinion, of Chattah to serve even as an interim appointment in that role. A choice made, I believe, because of a lack of all the information to be had related to Chattah (much of which can be found in the many posts and pages published on this website).

President Trump, AG Bondi, Director Patel; please take note.

Thank you.