A controversial Nevada lobbyist turned developer, accused in June of making illegal campaign donations to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, gave an unusual deal to the senator's son, Leif, on an $850,000 house his company built for him on land the younger Mr. Reid owned in Reno.
A civil lawsuit filed in June by Wingfield Nevada partners Thomas Seeno and Albert Seeno Jr. said Mr. Whittemore acknowledged in an email he did not timely collect the balance on the construction contract on the Leif Reid house.
