Court case makes life difficult for Barack Obama
Politics • March 2008 • Views: 346
Buried on page 59 of the indictment is a reference to one of many alleged kickbacks on a state contract that appears to have ended up as a $10,000 donation to an unnamed ”political candidate”. The kickback was allegedly arranged by Antoin ”Tony” Rezko, a Syrian immigrant who became a powerful political fixer in Chicago (Snip) Mr Rezko is an old friend of Mr Obama who donated to his political career since his first campaign for the Illinois state senate in 1995.