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A Big Harry Deal : Utah prosecutor Troy Rawlings investigates U.S. Senator Harry Reid
 [CityWeekly] In charging documents filed in 2014 by Davis County and the Salt Lake County district attorneys, prosecutors laid out a series of email exchanges between Johnson, Swallow and the late Provo payday-loan magnate Richard Rawle. The charging documents allege that Swallow was helping Johnson send funds through Rawle to a contact close to Reid in hopes of securing a meeting with the senator. Johnson claimed he needed Reid’s help to make a Federal Trade Commission case against him disappear. According to court documents, Johnson sent Rawle $250,000, some of which allegedly went to Swallow.Reid’s Washington, D.C., press office did not respond to two requests by City Weekly for comment on the investigation, but the senator's spokesperson has previously denied any allegations connecting the senator to Johnson and the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Senator Reid's political position would provide some protection when it comes to a civil prosecution, but not a criminal one. 'Just because Reid is in the Senate doesn’t give him any immunity,' the legal source says. 'If you violate Utah's criminal law, too bad. The fact that you’re a U.S. Senator doesn’t shield you from that.'" Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-08-01 |
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