It is illegal to accept gifts or special favors when running for public office. The reason being, because When Obama got into the Senate, he now “owed” Rezko, and and could use his office to grant favors for Rezko. Doesn’t anyone know anything about corruption anymore, or is it so mainstream now that only the Republicans get busted for it and it is “business as usual” for Democrats? I can’t remember his now, and about to go to work, so not diing fact check, but look what what happened to one of the Republicans a couple years back for taking money and I think he got a boat out of the deal as well. I know he was a pilot, because I saw him on the history channel during the Vietnam war talking about his plane getting shot and barely making it to the sea so he would not get captured. But he is doing 6 years for the same thing! You do the Math
Which he did - big time!