Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Barack Obama on Tuesday night aimed to scrub [Syrian-born businessman] Tony Rezko’s taint off his political fund-raising machine, saying he’s identified all remaining donations to his U.S. Senate campaign that are tied to the indicted businessman and is donating them to charity. ...bringing the total Obama is giving away to $157,835…
“By refunding these donations, the campaign has returned any and all funds that could be reasonably credited to Mr. Rezko’s political support,” Obama campaign spokesman ...
...Rezko’s wife and Obama bought the adjoining real estate parcels from a doctor in the Kenwood neighborhood. Obama paid $1.65 million for the doctor’s mansion, while Rezko’s wife paid $625,000 for the vacant lot next door.
Six months later, Obama paid Rita Rezko $104,500 for one-sixth of the vacant lot ... Obama expressed regret about the transaction, calling it “boneheaded” and “a mistake” because Tony Rezko was widely known to be under federal investigation at the time.
So Rezko is a “charity?” or...?
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