Government Jobs, Outside Income

Sen. Harry Reid's top aide received $1.2 million from Comcast after he began working for the Senate majority leader, joining a long list of congressional staffers who have collected money from past employers after starting on Capitol Hill.

The payment to Reid's aide, David Krone, stemmed from an unusual promise Comcast made when he quit his job as its senior vice president of corporate affairs. Not long before he was offered the Washington job, the cable company agreed to buy his apartment for the price he paid a year earlier, protecting him against a substantial loss. Krone had purchased the condo when he moved to Philadelphia to work for the company. Krone earned about $165,000 working for Sen Reid (D-NV) in 2009, public records indicate. In 2008, he earned nearly $3 million from Comcast, not including the $1.2 million condo payment he received after starting with Sen. Reid. There is no evidence that Sen Reid has done anything in particular to benefit Comcast since Krone came to work for him.