Someone is attempting an appeal - Its not going to happen. Now just where did all this money come from that he was throwing around. Dont we all just wonder? Whittemores legal woes began Feb. 19, 2007, when he met with Senate Majority Leader Reid at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas. Reid asked the once-influential developer and lobbyist to quickly raise $150,000 for his re-election campaign. A month later, Whittemore gave his five children, a daughter-in-law and about a dozen of his employees and friends a combined $145,000. The recipients, in turn, contributed most of the money to Reids re-election campaign.Prosecutor Elizabeth White countered that what we have here are blatant, straightforward campaign contributions ... its no coincidence that all of these people were financially dependent upon him. Prosecutors say Whittemore transferred $5,000 to recipients who were single and $10,000 if they were married. In each case, they contributed the maximum $4,600, leaving each recipient with $400 to keep. Prosecutors say former partners of Whittemore who were in a business dispute with the one-time Nevada political powerbroker turned over files of the transactions to federal investigators after they found them in Whittemores former office. Last year, a federal jury convicted Whittemore of making excessive campaign contributions, making contributions in the name of another, and lying to federal agents. Prosecutor Elizabeth White countered that what we have here are blatant, straightforward campaign contributions ... its no coincidence that all of these people were financially dependent upon him. Fletcher concluded the exchange by pointing out that the family, friends and employees of Whittemore depended on the once-influential lobbyist and developer financially. He had a fair amount of control over those people, Fletcher said. news.yahoo/9th-circuit-hears-reid-fundraisers-appeal-monday-055306365--election.html
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:51:34 +0000
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