The date of a trial for an ex-elected official accused of killing Las Vegas journalists has been postponed.

LAS VEGAS (AP) A former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an investigative reporter who authored articles critical of him will not go on trial next week.

A Nevada judge on Tuesday postponed Robert Telles’ trial but did not immediately set a new date. Telles, 47, remains incarcerated without bail and has pleaded not guilty to a murder allegation. He faces life in jail if he is convicted.

Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that more time is needed to investigate vital cellphone and computer records for evidence in the September 2022 stabbing death of Las Vegas investigative journalist Jeff German.

The police investigation was slowed for months by arguments that reached the state Supreme Court about whether accessing German’s cellphone and computer files would divulge personal information that is protected from disclosure under state and federal law. Those records are currently being sifted by review-journal representatives.

German, 69, spent more than 40 years as an investigative reporter in Las Vegas. He was found stabbed outside his home months after he wrote articles in 2022 that were critical of Telles and his managerial practices, while Telles, a Democrat, was administrator of estates for Clark County.

Telles has fought for a quick trial but has also fired numerous teams of lawyers and filed hundreds of pretrial motions while operating as his own attorney from behind bars. He twice lost bids to dismiss the judge handling the case. He’s expected to be back in Clark County District Court for a status hearing on March 26.