AP Exclusive: Reid got $1M in land sale

AP ^ | Oct 11, 2006 | By JOHN SOLOMON and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writers

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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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Reid is in a lot of trouble and these three articles from LIBERAL newspapers is just the start. Two of the three ASK FOR FULL ETHIC INVESTIGATIONS and ONE ASKS HIM TO STEP DOWN!!! -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101201486.html

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15745416.htm

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2006/10/12/1013edreid.html