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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Developer Guilty Of Illegal Contributions To Reid
2013-05-30
[HOSTED.AP.ORG] A Nevada powerbroker who headed a billion-dollar real estate company and pulled the strings of state politics as a prominent lobbyist for more than a decade was convicted Wednesday of making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid
... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
Harvey Whittemore, 59, could face up to 15 years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines after a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on three counts tied to nearly $150,000 illegally funneled to Reid's re-election campaign in 2007.

U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks instructed the jury to continue deliberating on another count of lying to the FBI. Jurors said they were deadlocked on that count.

Whittemore stood with his arms behind his back and shook his head slightly after the verdicts were read. He and lawyers for both sides declined comment on the verdicts pending a decision on the final count.

Whittemore was convicted of making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another and causing a false statement to be made to the Federal Election Commission. Each count carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Reid had no comment on the verdicts, said Kristen Orthman, a spokeswoman for the senator.

Reid was not accused of any wrongdoing. He has said he was unaware of any potential problems with the money he received.
Posted by:Fred

#10  How did you get rich, Harry?
Posted by: Javiger Platypus3846   2013-05-30 18:10  

#9  Correction pols don't take bribes, they shake citizens down. He knew it, he's been doing it for years no decades. Are we kids or what
Posted by: regular joe   2013-05-30 18:06  

#8  I don't think so. Nevada, as I alluded, is a state with unique political underpinnings.

If it were a Republican in the same situation, the downfall would happen because the Republican was deemed to be of no further value.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-05-30 13:44  

#7  "Reid . . . has said he was unaware of any potential problems with the money he received."

Oh, bullshit. He knew.

And if he were a Republican in the exact same position, the media would be screaming for his head. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara   2013-05-30 13:32  

#6  Land swindling is reid's specialty. He is the scumbag with the purse and the bribes. Scumbag.
Posted by: newc   2013-05-30 12:16  

#5  He should get his own wing in the Mob Museum.
Posted by: Penguin   2013-05-30 09:50  

#4  I'll settle for his resignation...
Posted by: Steve White   2013-05-30 09:01  

#3  What about 15 years for Reid for getting the bribes?
Posted by: 3dc   2013-05-30 03:25  

#2  It's Nevada. Big state, small coterie of movers n' shakers.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-05-30 00:55  

#1   He has said he was unaware of any potential problems with the money he received.

Rigghhtt. Everybody just gives big chunks of illegal money to politicians with no arrangements for deals or influence.
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-05-30 00:45  

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