Reid's ties to corruption

"The thing I most admire about Erin is that she's a person who does what she thinks is right. She may not always follow what is popular at the time. She has a fixed set of principles and off she goes."

On July 24, 2003, ERIN KENNY pleaded guilty to a three-count Criminal Information charging her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud for the purpose of depriving the citizens of Nevada of her honest services as a Clark County Commissioner. MS. KENNY has admitted that no later than June 2001, she entered into an agreement with MICHAEL GALARDI, LANCE MALONE, and others in which they would pay her to use her official position to exercise influence on the Clark County Commission over matters affecting MICHAEL GALARDI's businesses. ERIN KENNY admitted that she received cash payments from MICHAEL GALARDI through LANCE MALONE for using her influence to pass and/or amend Clark County ordinances beneficial to MICHAEL GALARDI and his businesses. MS. KENNY also agreed to forfeit $70,258.53 in U.S. currency. The conspiracy count has a statutory maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine, and the substantive wire fraud counts each have a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.