A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the campaign finance convictions of a prominent Nevada attorney and fundraising bundler for Sen. Harry Reid’s 2010 reelection bid, but the defendant’s lawyers aim to make history by taking his loss to what they hope will be a more sympathetic U.S. Supreme Court.
F. Harvey Whittemore’s legal troubles began in late March 2007. Whittemore, a lobbyist for Nevada’s gambling, alcohol and tobacco industries, had yet to make good on the $150,000 he had promised to raise for the 2010 election campaign of his longtime friend and then-Majority Leader Reid, D-Nev., and the March 31 filing deadline was fast approaching.
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