Peter Schweizer said former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid enriched himself and his family by leveraging his political power.
Susan McCue, Harry Reid’s former chief of staff, said Reid was always assessing a person’s vulnerabilities in order to “disarm, to endear, to threaten, but most of all to instill fear.”
“The question is … if you’re really in private practice much at all over the course of 40 years and you’re serving in various government posts, how do you get this wealthy?” Schweizer asked.
Schweizer recalled Reid pushing an infrastructure project that increased the value of some property he owned.
“In 2005, he’s a senator, he puts in an earmark to build a bridge in Bullhead City in Nevada for $18 million dollars — across the river joining Nevada and Arizona. The Arizona delegation said, ‘This is ridiculous. It’s not worth it. There’s another bridge further down the road. It’s not needed.’ But then you found out he had a parcel of land near the bridge, which was eventually built with taxpayer money. And the land valued at $400, was worth $1.6 million after the bridge was built.”
“The other part of [Reid’s] machine was his family — a big family — his sons Rory, Key, and Joshua were all lobbyists while he was a senator. His son-in-law, Steve Barringer, was also a lobbyist, and if you wanted anything done in Nevada or in Washington, DC, — you were expected to hire one of his kids to effectively lobby his office."
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In 2011, a Chinese company called ENN wanted to build a $5 billion renewable energy facility in Nevada. Harry traveled to China to actually meet with the executives there. When he came back, executives of their U.S. affiliates started donating to his campaigns, to his PACs, [and] they hired his son Rory to a large fee to lobby and represent them.”
“Then there were reports that Harry Reid actually went to NV energy — which is the largest utility in Nevada — and was pressuring them to sign up this Chinese company as their first contract.”
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Susan McCue, Harry Reid’s former chief of staff, said Reid was always assessing a person’s vulnerabilities in order to “disarm, to endear, to threaten, but most of all to instill fear.”
“The question is … if you’re really in private practice much at all over the course of 40 years and you’re serving in various government posts, how do you get this wealthy?” Schweizer asked.
Schweizer recalled Reid pushing an infrastructure project that increased the value of some property he owned.
“In 2005, he’s a senator, he puts in an earmark to build a bridge in Bullhead City in Nevada for $18 million dollars — across the river joining Nevada and Arizona. The Arizona delegation said, ‘This is ridiculous. It’s not worth it. There’s another bridge further down the road. It’s not needed.’ But then you found out he had a parcel of land near the bridge, which was eventually built with taxpayer money. And the land valued at $400, was worth $1.6 million after the bridge was built.”
“The other part of [Reid’s] machine was his family — a big family — his sons Rory, Key, and Joshua were all lobbyists while he was a senator. His son-in-law, Steve Barringer, was also a lobbyist, and if you wanted anything done in Nevada or in Washington, DC, — you were expected to hire one of his kids to effectively lobby his office."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
In 2011, a Chinese company called ENN wanted to build a $5 billion renewable energy facility in Nevada. Harry traveled to China to actually meet with the executives there. When he came back, executives of their U.S. affiliates started donating to his campaigns, to his PACs, [and] they hired his son Rory to a large fee to lobby and represent them.”
“Then there were reports that Harry Reid actually went to NV energy — which is the largest utility in Nevada — and was pressuring them to sign up this Chinese company as their first contract.”
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