lying repug smear machine attacking Harry Reid again

ABRAMOFF INVESTIGATION: Sources conflict on Reid status
Published report claiming senator on list denied
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is not focusing on Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada as part of an investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a source close to the probe said Wednesday in challenging a published report.
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The Washington Times reported Wednesday that Reid is on a "first tier" of five lawmakers who are the focus of a Justice Department probe of Abramoff.
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Speaking in Salt Lake City, Reid angrily denied the report.

He criticized the newspaper, which was founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church.

"You have to really stretch things to call it a newspaper," Reid said.

Reid spokeswoman Tessa Hafen called the Washington Times story "completely baseless."

"Senator Reid's office has not been contacted by the Justice Department at all," Hafen said.
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"But this story doesn't ring true," Brand said.

The Justice Department "doesn't go around creating first and second tiers" for its investigations, Brand said.

Brand said the story also lacks credibility because it doesn't mention former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, "who already is the subject of two indictments."

"Thirdly, the allegation that people took campaign contributions alone as a basis of prosecution, whether they are Democratic or Republican, I think is far-fetched," Brand said.

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The repugs will do and say ANYTHING to try to include Democrats in their scandal. There is no truth whatsoever to this story, but they are already repeating it as gospel. Of course, if truth mattered to them, then they wouldn't be repugs!
Truly disgusting and they will get away with it because they count on the repug public being ignorant of the truth.
Just sickening...

More from Media Matters on our "liberal media" lying to try to bring the Dems into this scandal.