REPORT: FBI investigated Harry Reid in 2008; Papers made public now secreted, sealed...

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(Las Vegas Review-Journal) - The Review-Journal obtained copies of the documents from the federal court’s electronic docket Tuesday morning, but later in the day, they were removed after prosecutors objected. The defense motions were later re-posted, without the government papers disclosing the 2008 investigation.

Papers Now Sealed

Those papers, co-signed by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre and Eric Olshan, a trial attorney with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section in Washington, now are sealed.
Late Tuesday, the prosecutors filed a motion seeking to seal the defense motions in their entirety, a move defense lawyers plan to oppose. Prosecutors contend the defense motions refer to “sensitive, nonpublic investigative information concerning a now-concluded matter.”

According to a copy of the sealed government papers obtained by the Review-Journal, FBI agents in 2008 reviewed media reports, searched public records for federal campaign contributions Whittemore made to Reid and checked bank records for Reid’s federal campaign committee obtained under subpoena. Agents also interviewed two Nevada officials. Read more via Las Vegas Review-Journal...