Harry Reid's Donations from Abramoff Clients

Despite the best efforts of Howard Dean and Harry Reid to insist that Democrats didn't receive a dime from Jack Abramoff, there's plenty of evidence to indicate otherwise. For instance, Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid received several donations from Indian tribes...after they became Abramoff clients:

The National Republican Senatorial Committee this week revived a charge that Reid received more than $50,000 from four tribes with gaming interests between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff. The Nevadan had received no money from those tribes before then, Republicans said.

The donations included:

• $19,500 from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of California.

• $5,000 from the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.

• $7,000 from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

• $19,000 from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.

"Harry Reid's ties to Jack Abramoff are too substantial for him to dismiss with Washington, D.C., denial and hypocritical accusations," Republican spokesman Tucker Bounds said.

There may not be a thing illegal about any of this, but the constant denials from Reid and Dean give the impression that they have something to hide.