Posted on 08/05/2012 12:14:44 PM PDT by doug from upland
Harry M. Reid of Nevada, the Senate's top Democrat, said yesterday that he was in discussions with the chamber's ethics committee to determine whether he should amend his financial disclosure forms to include details of a real estate transaction that allowed him to collect $1.1 million.
The Associated Press reported that Reid gained a windfall from that sale of land in 2004 even though he had not personally owned the property for the previous three years. Reid also did not divulge the 2001 transfer of the land to a company he co-owned with a friend, a transaction that would normally call for a mention in Senate financial disclosure documents, the AP said.
Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, defended the sale as a "normal business transaction at market prices." He added that the land went through "several legal steps associated with the investment . . . that did not alter Senator Reid's actual ownership interest in the land." If, however, the ethics committee determines that the land's transfer to a company requires additional disclosure, Manley said that Reid would be "happy to provide" it.
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Someone told me that somebody heard that Harry Reid originally used that land to molest kids. . . .and he has yet to deny it !!!!
(evil grin)
Hey, this Reid fellow... he owes us some documents, doesn’t he? Why, he’ll be so forthcoming, to set an example for Romney,.... right?
And while we are at it, let’s take another smell at the Obama-Rezko land deal.
Daxton, your need to take a look ant this. Something to follow up on.
Does it ace Hillary's futures system?
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