Unfortunately: 1) Reid has immunity when speaking from the Senate; 2) Romney knew Reid’s claim was false and it’s not illegal to falsely claim you know privileged tax information; and 3) accusing Reid of actually having genuine privileged information would imply Romney paid no taxes. Reid’s game was to stir up controversy that appeared to force Romney to release his taxes to prove Reid wrong, so that Reid’s media snakes could point out that Romney was “unfairly rich” and to be hated by jealous losers. All this was a clever, utterly cynical gambit made possible by media reptiles.
Romney was trapped in being nice because he would otherwise be declared “unpresidential”. He should have had a response plan ready. My strategy: have a highly placed surrogate call out Reid as a dirty lying bastard who could either put up his evidence within 1 hour, or crawl away and shut up for eternity. Unless Obama was endorsing Reid’s dirty tricks, he had better condemn Reid and repudiate his lies immediately. That sort of thing.
Please, GOP, no more dishrags. Don’t be afraid to get some Reid on your shoes.
It's not unqualified immunity; I suggest you take a look at that specific section to determine the exceptions.