Harry Reid isn’t running for re-election in 2016. Is he rally retiring just to ‘spend more time with his family?’ Or maybe it’s the black and blue eye that his ‘exercise equipment.’ But the real reason Harry Reid is retiring has nothing to do with these factors. Instead, Harry Reid is worried a Republican will win the 2016 presidential election and appoint an Attorney General who will investigate Harry Reid’s expediting of EB-5 visas and would in addition convene a grand jury. That’s what Breitbart thinks is the real reason why Harry Reid is retiring, and I tend to agree with them.
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| Why Harry Reid retired: unlawful political activity, EB-5 fraud |
“I think Harry Reid’s getting out of town ahead of the posse,” former U.S. Attorney Joe diGenova tells Breitbart News.
On Thursday, the non-profit group Cause of Action called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a criminal investigation of Reid. Citing the specific federal statutes that were violated, the group said Reid “participat[ed] in unlawful political activity, possible coercion and fraud related to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.”
The DOJ under President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder is so highly politicized it would never launch a criminal investigation into the many scandals in which Harry Reid is at the center.
But, as diGenova told Breitbart News on Friday, “[t]here is no doubt in my mind that an independent Department of Justice or an independent U.S. Attorney would open a preliminary criminal investigation into Harry Reid’s intervention into the expediting of EB-5 visas and would in addition convene a grand jury.” (emphasis added)
Reid announced his surprising decision to retire just days after the DHS Inspector General released a report that concluded: “Reid pressured a compliant DHS official to override normal departmental procedures and rush through 230 EB-5 foreign visa applications, thereby freeing up $115 million the applicants invested in the SLS Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.”