A cover-up, cited by an author and broadcast personality in connection with the Oct. 1 Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 and injured several hundred, is spotlighted in a Sunday commentary column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, observes Grumpy Editor.
After three weeks of different timelines presented to the public, Wayne Allyn Root focuses on the third scenario --- as does MGM Resorts, the casino's parent company and its lawyers and crisis management team, he points out, because that version "would lessen MGM's potential legal liability, saving the company a significant amount of money." The third version has a security guard arriving simultaneously with the start of shooting.
"The way MGM is handling this case looks and smells bad," Root declares. "The questions and suspicions exploded when MGM security guard Jesus Campos 'disappeared' minutes before interviews with Sean Hannity and other serious media (professionals bound to ask serious questions). But it turns out he didn’t 'disappear' at all. Apparently, MGM just didn’t want Campos being asked tough questions."
"Yes, the only witness to the worst mass shooting in America’s history would do only one media interview — and comedian Ellen Degeneres was the chosen interviewer. Ellen isn’t just a comedian. She is a comedian who has her own line of slot machines at MGM casinos.
"Anyone with a brain can figure out this is all about the timeline. Billions of dollars in lawsuits and legal liability are on the line."
Meanwhile, London's Daily Mail sums it up with: "MGM was behind the decision to call off all the interviews and did a deal with Ellen, knowing she would not play hardball on the timeline as long as she had the exclusive."
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