More Senile Harry Reid Sleaze

 


From the LVRJ: Defense lawyers for Harvey Whittemore filed court papers Friday seeking to suppress evidence in the high-profile federal case charging the one-time power broker in a scheme to unlawfully funnel $138,000 in campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

The lawyers argued the evidence - including a note from the Nevada Democrat thanking Whittemore - was unlawfully obtained without a warrant....
Whittemore, 59, who once wielded influence within the state's political hierarchy, faces four felony charges, including making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another and making a false statement to a federal agency. His trial is set for Feb. 26 before U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno....
The boxes contained documents identifying the surrogate contributors Whittemore is alleged to have used in the scheme and his reimbursements to the contributors, a book about campaign finance law, a note to Reid and a note from Reid.
An FBI agent told the grand jury Reid authenticated his note to Whittemore that read, "Harvey, you're a man of your word" and "You are a true friend now and for all days."
According to the indictment, Whittemore duped Reid's campaign committee into believing the contributions came legally from family members and associates....
The indictment alleges Whittemore met with Reid in February 2007 in Las Vegas and agreed to raise $150,000 by the March 31, 2007, campaign finance deadline.
Whittemore unlawfully used family members and associates as conduits for contributions to the senator's campaign and then reimbursed them, the indictment alleges.
Allegations had surfaced that employees of Wingfield Nevada and its subsidiaries were used to donate to political campaigns and were later reimbursed by Whittemore with company money.
In recent years, Whittemore turned his attention away from lobbying to land development.
At the time of his big push to contribute money to Reid's campaign, Whittemore was orchestrating the development of Coyote Springs, a master-planned community in Southern Nevada.
With the help of Reid and other members of the Nevada congressional delegation, Whittemore sought to overcome several government hurdles because of county water and federal land issues.
But in 2008, the 43,000-acre development stalled because of the housing crash and economic recession and has languished ever since.  http://www.lvrj.com/news/whittemore-s-attorneys-file-for-dismissal-178223941.htm
Of course, Crybaby/Coward/Senile Harry Reid denies he knew anything illegal happened but then just about every person who knows about Harry in Nevada says he is a micro manger of everything that happens in Nevada politics, especially when it comes to money: where it comes from, how it is raised and who the money goes to.  He is the ultimate kingmaker.
Now, his personal money machine, Harvey Whittmore is trying his best to get the charges against him dropped, as which he should, but once the heat was on Whittmore, Harry dropped him like lead balloon.
I just cannot wait until this crying, sniveling thing called Harry Reid is out of office and Nevada can get  rid of this thug and let him live out his remaining pathetic years in Washington D.C..