Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (J. Scott Applewhite, AP)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is lashing out at the treatment of his granddaughter.
The Senate’s top Democrat is repaying his campaign for gifts purchased from Ryan Elisabeth Reid’s jewelry company that were given to supporters as holiday gifts.
In a statement first sent to Nevada reporters on Wednesday, Reid says his granddaughter “has been the target of harassing phone calls, strangers tracking her down and knocking on her door, and negative, unwanted attention on the Internet” since news of the payments from Reid’s campaign widely broke earlier this week.
“This has gone too far and it needs to stop now,” Reid said. “I deeply regret any role I had in creating this situation but now, as a grandparent, I say enough is enough.”
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports more than $31,000 has been paid by Reid’s campaign to his granddaughter’s company — which represents about $17,000 that had been questioned by the Federal Election Commission and another $14,000 “flagged” by Republican Party operatives.
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http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/03/27/harry-reid-granddaughter-campaign-funds/
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