Harry Reid Sought White House Help for Menendez Donor, DOJ Says(WHAT?)

bloomberg.com ^ | 8/31/2017 | David Voreacos and Neil Weinberg

[rktman]

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, in trying to help a campaign donor who was accused of overbilling the government, enlisted then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to “amplify the pressure” on the Obama administration, the Justice Department said.

Reid contacted a White House staffer, who declined to help, prosecutors disclosed Wednesday in a court filing.

Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, faces a corruption trial next week with Salomon Melgen, a Florida eye doctor and close friend accused of bribing him with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and lavish trips in exchange for his help on government disputes.

Menendez “enlisted” Reid in November 2011 to help pressure the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, known as CMS, to reverse its ruling that Melgen owed $8.9 million for overbilling Medicare. Reid contacted a White House deputy chief of staff, prosecutors said.

“At that time, the Majority Leader reached out to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, informing her that Menendez was upset about how a Florida ophthalmologist was being treated by CMS and asking that she call the agency,” according to the 30-page filing.

[rktman]

Come on. Really? Hairy screed and corruption don't belong in the same sentence do they? Besides, the staffer declined to help. In the end, old one eye hairy will NOT face any kind of charges or punishment from these "allegations". Ever. Doen't the doj have something more important to do? Looking for rooskies under the bed or something?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is why CMS needs to be completely abolished at the federal level. Turn it over to the states.

[allendale]

Wonder if the truth will ever be told how and why Reid lost that eye.

[tennmountainman]

Lock Harry up!

[Red Badger]

New Jersey?
Democrat?
Faces a corruption trial?

I’M SHOCKED!............................it took so long..................

[rktman]

LOL! I’m shocked it happening.

[Liz]

Menendez “enlisted” Reid in November 2011 reverse a ruling that Melgen owed $8.9 million for overbilling Medicare. Reid contacted a White House deputy chief of staff, prosecutors said. ......".... the Majority Leader reached out to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, informing her that Menendez was upset about how a Florida ophthalmologist was being treated by CMS and asking that she call the agency,” according to the 30-page filing.

[Herman Ball]

This is how politicians like Reid become wealthy. Never worked or earned a living. A lifetime politician like the Clintons and powerful Republicans and Democrats.Drain The Swamp!

[eyeamok]

Reid contacted a White House staffer, who declined to help, prosecutors disclosed Wednesday in a court filing.

We used to call this Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, a FELONY EVERYWHERE!!