Vegas politician’s trial over murdered journalist kicks off with jury selection

The media, politics, and the legal system — three institutions Americans have become increasingly divided on, and skeptical of, in the past decade — collided on Monday with the beginning of the trial of Robert Telles, a former Clark County politician accused of killing journalist Jeff German.

German's body was discovered outside his home on September 5, 2022, after he wrote multiple stories about the hostile work environment inside the Clark County Public Administrator’s office led by Telles. Telles was arrested three days later and charged with first-degree murder.

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