http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post...ddaughter/

Quote:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will reimburse his campaign more than $16,000 after questions were raised about holiday gifts purchased from a company owned by his granddaughter.

Reid said in a statement Tuesday that he will refund the money, after the Federal Election Commission questioned him about the expense earlier this week.

Paul Ryan, an election lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, said “you’d need to buy a heck of a lot of gifts of ‘nominal’ value to spend $16,000."

“I’d consider anything over $25 or $30 to be pushing the limits of 'nominal value,’” Ryan said.

Other election lawyers place that threshold slightly higher – as much as $50 -- but noted that some campaigns will buy lots of ornaments or other trinkets for supporters.

Update 9:52 a.m.: An unnamed Reid aide told CNN that the gifts were "coasters, picture frames and other trinkets" valued around $50 each. The Reid campaign still has yet to respond to the Post's inquiries.

Paying back the money... Is that an admission of guilt? As much as I would like to hang dirty harry, this goes nowhere, as with the fraud committed by Charlie Rangle, Nancy Pelosi, etc. These people are above the law and they know and act like it. Now if something like this were pinned on Ted Cruz or any tea party elected official all hell would break loose.

(03-28-2014 07:24 AM)Jerry Falwell Wrote:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post...ddaughter/

Quote:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will reimburse his campaign more than $16,000 after questions were raised about holiday gifts purchased from a company owned by his granddaughter.

Reid said in a statement Tuesday that he will refund the money, after the Federal Election Commission questioned him about the expense earlier this week.

Paul Ryan, an election lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, said “you’d need to buy a heck of a lot of gifts of ‘nominal’ value to spend $16,000."

“I’d consider anything over $25 or $30 to be pushing the limits of 'nominal value,’” Ryan said.

Other election lawyers place that threshold slightly higher – as much as $50 -- but noted that some campaigns will buy lots of ornaments or other trinkets for supporters.

Update 9:52 a.m.: An unnamed Reid aide told CNN that the gifts were "coasters, picture frames and other trinkets" valued around $50 each. The Reid campaign still has yet to respond to the Post's inquiries.

That's fine, but does anyone believe that Reid has 320 supporters?

Isn't this pretty much the same transgression that Bob McDonnell is awaiting trial for?


Why is Bob on trial, and Dingy Harry still employed?

Don't forget, they arrested a film make for illegal donations and that amount was substantially less.