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Good evening.

Jeff German, a veteran veteran Las Vegas Review Journal investigative reporter,

was no stranger to controversy or the danger of his work.

For more than four decades, he wrote stories relentlessly confronting the mob, corrupt politicians,

and greedy bureaucrats.

As a result, he was often threatened, enough that he and his friend and fellow investigative reporter, Arthur Kane,

sometimes joked about reporting on these threats if they were ever acted upon.

Then, in the spring of 2022,

Gereman received a tip about abuses at a little-known county office. The incriminating video of a rising politician.

The resulting stories in the review journal ended the man's political aspirations.

Less than six months later, on September 3rd, German's lifeless body was discovered outside

his home with multiple stab wounds.

His dedicated newsroom colleagues, including Kane, vowed to find the killer.

In doing so, they expose the true depths of corruption and malice in Sin City.

Meanwhile, the police struggled to identify a suspect until they released a photo of the suspect's vehicle to the media. That tip led them to none other

than the small-time politician who was subsequently arrested and now faces life in prison pending the outcome of his trial in August

2024. In the last story, Kane delivers an intense narrative of courage, betrayal, and the unrelenting

quest for justice.

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