Obama says he did no favors for his corrupt sponsor Rezko: untrue; he lobbied for him

Source: http://mdm-prz-08.livejournal.com/ June 2007

Asked about his friend Tony Rezko, Obama stated in April 2007


"I've never done any favors": Umm...

Just two months later in June 2007, the Sun-Times reveals that in October of 1998, Obama did favors for Rezko, writing letters to city and state officials supporting Rezko’s bid to get more than $14 million in government funds to build apartments for senior citizens which were to be located four blocks outside of his senate district. This deal included $855,000 in development fees for Rezko and his partner, Allison S. Davis, Obama's former boss at his law firm.

According to the Sun-Times, “Obama's letters, written nearly nine years ago, for the first time show the Democratic presidential hopeful did a political favor for Rezko -- a longtime friend, campaign fund-raiser and client of the law firm where Obama worked…

The letters appear to contradict a statement last December from Obama, who told the Chicago Tribune that, in all the years he's known Rezko, ‘I've never done any favors for him.’
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At the time he wrote the letters, Obama was also a lawyer with Miner Barnhill & Galland, the law firm Davis formerly headed. Among the firm's clients were several companies owned by Davis and Rezko. The firm did not represent New Kenwood [Davis and Rezko’s company].”



Allison S. Davis, Senator Obama's former boss

Obama campaign spokesperson, Burton, rejected claims that writing the letters was a favor, saying, “Obama supported it because it was going to help people in his district.”

However, this response is factually inaccurate. The story itself documents that the new building would not have been in Obama’s district. Further, Obama’s firm was not representing Davis and Rezko’s corporation. The only reason for writing the letters was to do a favor for a contributor and friend, and a former boss.

Obama wrote in the letters:

“I am writing in support of the New Kenwood LLC’s proposal to build a ninety-seven unit apartment building at 48th and Cottage Grove for senior citizens. This project will provide much needed housing for the Fourth Ward citizens.”


Maybe its because of matter such as this that Obama continues to maintain he kept no records from his time in the Senate. (To be strictly accurate...Obama has changed his story on the records see http://obamawtf.blogspot.com/2008/03/judicial-watch-concludes-obama-is.html)