https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/10/26/did-harry-reid-pull-strings-to-protect-aide-in-immigration-conspiracy/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 00:43:14 -0400<![CDATA[The facts of the case are these: in 2003 Diana Tejada entered into a fraudulent conspiracy with Lebanese national Bassam Mahmoud Tarhini, with the aim of securing permanent US residency for the latter (there was also and investigation whether Mr. Tarhini had links to &#8216;extremist groups,&#8217; but nothing was ever confirmed).  Money changed hands.  For the next five years Ms. Tejada continued to misrepresent her relationship with Mr. Tarhini, despite official inquiries by immigration services; her eventual confession took place in November, which was one month after she joined current Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid&#8217;s staff.  Despite her confession, Ms. Tejada was not charged with any crime at all, let alone a felony; in fact, Ms. Tejada was misidentified as still being at her former job (La Raza) by immigration officials at Tarhini&#8217;s deportation proceedings.  Harry Reid&#8217;s office has fired Ms. Tejada only in the last month (she was an official Reid spokesperson for the latest DREAM Act push), and claims that they had no prior knowledge of her activities: this has been contradicted by Fox&#8217;s own sources, which insist that Tejada&#8217;s confession was partially motivated by concerns relating to her new job with Harry Reid; and that in any case it would be standard operating procedure for the Senate Majority Leader to be made aware of a situation of this magnitude that involved one of his own aides.]]>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:00:06 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/10/26/did-harry-reid-pull-strings-to-protect-aide-in-immigration-conspiracy-n36776