Posted on 01/25/2008 4:36:33 PM PST by tcrlaf
ABCNews.com Review Shows an Additional $100,000 in Rezko-Linked Contributions Not Returned by the Campaign
Months after reporters started asking Sen. Barack Obama to account for contributions raised by longtime friend and donor Antoin "Tony" Rezko, questions remain about the full extent of the accused Illinois political fixer's role as a patron of Obama's political career.
"We have returned any money that we know was associated to Mr. Rezko," Obama told Diane Sawyer on Wednesday morning during an appearance on "Good Morning America." "That is something that if there's additional information we don't know about, we'd be happy to return the money."
The Obama campaign says it has given away more than $85,000 in Rezko-linked contributions since Rezko was indicted on federal fraud and extortion charges in the fall of 2006.
An ABCNews.com review, however, has identified an additional $100,000 in contributions made to Obama from Rezko's associates that have not been returned, including $19,500 in contributions from Rezko's wife and employees of Rezko's business enterprises. The ABCNews.com review includes individuals who have been linked to Rezko in news reports, court documents and public records.
Other news organizations have reviewed Obama's campaign finance records and have also found Rezko-linked contributions that are more than double what the campaign has publicly acknowledged. The Chicago Sun-Times, which published its review last June, found that "Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle," and earlier this week the Los Angeles Times reported that it had found that Rezko and his associates had given "Obama more than $200,000 in donations since 1995."
And it will headline in EVERY South Carolina newspaper in the morning...
talk about a friday night news dump..
What about Hillary and Norman Hsu? Whatever happened to that story?
Clinton throws a Hsu at Obama!!
Beat me by 7 seconds....
Hmm, anyone else notice Obama can’t take a breath without Rezko being somewhere in the background.
Hmmm ... just a guess, but I’m thinking someone named Clinton saw some internals they didn’t care for...
Clinton’s are just too damn nice and good to be corrupt.
Didn’t you get the MSM Memo on this??
All that illegal money, and the stench of corruption that surrounds them is just part of the EVIL, RIGHT-WING ATTACK MACHINE!
Get with the program, dude!!
True - another primary - another Clinton eruption. Ho hum.
Brian Ross’ shoddy reporting? Man, the MSM doesnt even hide its bias anymore.
Hey Obama, you had better take off the gloves because the Clintons and their machine are playing for keeps. Pal, you need to wake up and smell the coffee, they don't just want to beat you, they want to DESTROY YOU.
Hsu got 3 yrs in the slammer.
I’m staying at a campground without cable so in the mornings I have the TV on for background noise (network TV)..hitlary was on this morning saying to the effect, “we have to get past personal attacks and concentrate on what’s best for the future”..
then we see this..
Beat me to it, Dilbert. Why doesn’t Obama mention Hsu. That was hundreds of thousands more.
I know why ABC will not follow the Hsu trail, but why Obama’s silence?
This won’t make one bit of difference in S.Car.
Quick! somebody send the pictures of Bill Clinton with Fred Phelps to Obama.
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