Posted on 10/27/2010 4:09:57 AM PDT by tobyhill
The Nevada Republican Party called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Tuesday to personally explain how somebody who confessed to a sham marriage with a Lebanese national later deported ended up on his staff -- and precisely when he found out about her past.
The challenge came after FoxNews.com reported Monday evening that Diana Tejada, the senator's former Hispanic press secretary, had confessed to taking money for "some of her expenses" in exchange for fraudulently marrying Bassam Mahmoud Tarhini in 2003 so he could obtain permanent U.S. residency.
According to court documents, Tejada owned up to the deal in November 2008, just one month after she took the job in Reid's office. But she continued working for Reid.
Reid spokesman Jim Manley said Monday that she was let go following an "internal investigation," while maintaining that the office was not aware of the case sooner.
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What did he know and when did he know it????
Another day, another democRAT scandal ignored by lib media...
Please, this is a non-sequitur... Heck even if he knew he would not have cared or pursued the matter. He’s a Democrat, what do you expect?
Now, if the MSM were to actually report this, they would (and will if they do) say that he not only had no idea, but it is irrelevant. So...no harm, no foul... Just what do you expect from the media anyway...facts? Not today..not tomorrow..not ever!
They know the stories to play and those to omit coverage.
Maybe we should pay a little attention is to who this Bassan is & what he’s up to.
. . . Diana Tejada, the senator’s former Hispanic press secretary, had confessed to taking money for “some of her expenses” in exchange for fraudulently marrying Bassam Mahmoud Tarhini in 2003 so he could obtain permanent U.S. residency. . . . Tejada owned up to the deal in November 2008, just one month after she took the job in Reid’s office. But she continued working for Reid.
SHE WAITED 5 YEARS. HOW CONVENIENT.
SUGGESTS THAT SHE “OWNED UP” ONLY AFTER THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS HAD PASSED. (ENTERING INTO A FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE WITH AN ALIEN SO THE ALIEN CAN STAY IN THE COUNTRY IS PUNISHABLE BY 5 YRS. IMPRISONMENT AND $250,000. FINE).
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