Catalina CamiaUSA TODAY

The Senate’s top Democrat is repaying his campaign for gifts purchased from his granddaughter’s jewelry company that were given to supporters as holiday gifts, and lashing out at the treatment of her over the issue.

In a statement first sent to Nevada reporters on Wednesday, Reid says his granddaughter, Ryan Elisabeth Reid, “has been the target of harassing phone calls, strangers tracking her down and knocking on her door, and negative, unwanted attention on the Internet” since news of the payments from her grandfather’s campaign widely broke earlier this week.

“This has gone too far and it needs to stop now,” Harry Reid said. “I deeply regret any role I had in creating this situation but now, as a grandparent, I say enough is enough.”

The Las Vegas Review Journal reports more than $31,000 has been paid by Reid’s campaign to his granddaughter’s company — which represents about $17,000 that had been questioned by the Federal Election Commission and another $14,000 “flagged” by Republican Party operatives.

The senator says he and his campaign have complied with campaign finance law and FEC rules but “decided that it would be best to pay for her work out of my own pocket.” His office is reviewing records to make sure the full amount is repaid, the statement said.

Ryan Elisabeth Reid, 23, is the daughter of the senator’s son, Rory. Rory Reid, a former chairman of the Clark County Commission, was the 2010 Democratic nominee for Nevada governor.

Republicans have chastised Reid for using campaign money as a “personal slush fund.”