Gov. may be cleared

An attorney for Gov. Jim Gibbons, whose first term has been marred by an FBI corruption investigation, said the Republican had been cleared of wrongdoing and would not be charged.

Gibbons, a former congressman, has been under investigation into whether he improperly received gifts from a software company that won military contracts while he was in Congress. Gibbons denied any wrongdoing.

The Justice Department had no comment on Gibbons attorney Abbe Lowell’s assertion. But a law enforcement official close to the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because authorities have not officially acknowledged the investigation, confirmed the substance of Lowell’s statement.