When asked during his Senate confirmation hearing by Graham about the Department of Justice’s 2011 opinion on the Wire Act that essentially\u00a0allowed states to legalize internet gambling,\u00a0Sessions said he was “shocked.” The former Alabama\u00a0senator told Graham, “I would revisit it and I will make a decision on it based on careful study.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sandoval, however, supports online gambling, as Nevada is one of three states where\u00a0the market is in full swing, albeit only for internet poker at the moment. In late 2015, the governor blasted his Attorney General Adam Laxalt for backing Graham’s RAWA (Restoration of the Wire Act) legislation that sought\u00a0to reverse the DOJ’s judgment.<\/p>\n
\n“As a former attorney general, Gaming Commission chairman and someone who worked with the industry and the Legislature on Nevada’s online poker legislation, I am very concerned that anyone representing the state’s legal interests would speak out against current state law,” Sandoval said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Having a pro-gaming powerhouse in Washington would likely\u00a0be a welcomed development for much of the industry.<\/p>\n
Just Rumors, for Now<\/b><\/h2>\n
The governor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that the Trump administration hadn’t reached out in regards to the FBI post. However, in an NBC News<\/i> blog jointly managed\u00a0by its chief political director Chuck Todd, the media outlet says\u00a0Sandoval is indeed a strong contender.<\/p>\n
“His (Trump) instinct would be a Rudy Giuliani or Chris Christie, but both would be incredibly controversial (then again, Trump never avoids controversy; he runs to it),” the post opines. “If he tries to pick someone above reproach, the names would include former US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, Michael Chertoff (former US Secretary of Homeland Security under George W. Bush and Barack Obama), or Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R) will be out of a job when his second term officially concludes in January of 2019. And while his office denies being under consideration, at least one unlikely liberal media outpost thinks the Silver State leader would be a good option for the agency’s now empty top spot. Sandoval has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":50154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18,61,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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