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AP Exclusive: Reid got $1M in land sale
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| Oct 11, 2006
| By JOHN SOLOMON and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writers
Posted on 10/11/2006 11:21:50 AM PDT by Prost1
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show.
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In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company, according to records and interviews.
The Nevada Democrat's deal was engineered by Jay Brown, a longtime friend and former casino lawyer whose name surfaced in a major political bribery trial this summer and in other prior organized crime investigations. He's never been charged with wrongdoing except for a 1981 federal securities complaint that was settled out of court.
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To: mainepatsfan
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posted on
10/11/2006 12:03:14 PM PDT
by
debg
To: jrooney
Now it is being reported GOP leaders are seekign a probe against Berger for his theft from the archives.Day late and a dollar short.
To: GoBucks2002
"The Bush Administration will quash an investigation for fear that someone will accuse them of being partisan."More likely that the Bush administration will quietly wring some sort of legislative concession from the democrats, in return for not making an issue of this.
To: mainepatsfan
Maybe the gay Mafia is striking again.
224
posted on
10/11/2006 12:03:44 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
To: evets
The news cycle for Foleygate is over...
It would appear that Democrats shot thier wad on this matter prematurely....
225
posted on
10/11/2006 12:03:51 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
To: debg
Hopefully other GOP senators will be calling for an investigation.
To: jrooney
Burglar? Oh, I'm salivating! This would be a dream come true.
227
posted on
10/11/2006 12:04:13 PM PDT
by
debg
To: maggief
Hillary's spies are everywhere. Reid is probably kicking himself for hiring a staffer that came highly recommended from the Hildebeast clan.
To: doug from upland
He may have a very big problem. If he was off the deed, he was obligated to report a sale of the asset on his tax return. When he got the million bucks, do you suppose he might have filed a tax return claiming capital gains treatment? This could be big time tax fraud for him.
Complicated financial scandals have NO traction whatsoever - what you typed above is completely incomprehensible to about 99.99% of voters, particularly undecided ones.
Unless Reid is actually indicted or something before the election, this whole scandal is basically irrelevant politically.
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posted on
10/11/2006 12:04:25 PM PDT
by
Strategerist
(Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves)
To: Prost1
230
posted on
10/11/2006 12:04:26 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Zucker ad mocking democrats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE)
To: Prost1
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
"You magnficent bastard!"
:)
231
posted on
10/11/2006 12:04:56 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Oil Field Trash and proud of it, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, Iconoclast)
To: doug from upland
Doug, I think they'll just try to present this as a casual deal between two long-time friends. Harry makes my stomach turn, but I don't think he's that stupid. I hope he is, but I doubt it.
To: mainepatsfan
The Democratic Party -- what a bunch of hyprocrites!!
And while I still have the floor...
...ROVE, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!!
To: blogblogginaway
"So Reid is dirty ........ well slap my grandma."
To quote a Seattle Mariner broadcaster:
"Get out the rye bread grandma it's a grand salami!"
234
posted on
10/11/2006 12:05:12 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Freedom by its nature cannot be imposed, it must be chosen")
To: dfwgator
Hey, they had to start some time. 4 weeks before the election isn't a bad time to push this issue and remind voters who gave us 9/11 and then tried to cover up their involvement.
235
posted on
10/11/2006 12:05:14 PM PDT
by
misterrob
(Bill Clinton, The Wizard of "Is")
To: tcrlaf
The rumor is they did it so early because they were losing ground in the polls. Looks like they should have kept their powder dry.
To: cpdiii
This wasn't Rove. It was Hillary.
To: All
Per Drudge, Burglar thefts of classified info from Archives to be investigated by GOP!
238
posted on
10/11/2006 12:05:27 PM PDT
by
jrooney
( Hold your cards close.)
To: jimbo123
If it stops the "All Foley, all the time" media, I'll be happy.
239
posted on
10/11/2006 12:05:35 PM PDT
by
ilovew
(I love being a DoD intern...)
To: mainepatsfan
Well, they'd better hop to it post haste! Times a wastin!
240
posted on
10/11/2006 12:05:38 PM PDT
by
debg
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