Chicago Sun Times Does Hit-and-Run on Obama-Rezko Payoff Lead

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American Thinker:

Last July, two Chicago Sun-Times reporters noted an allegation of "payments made by Rezko to Obama" that surfaced in a deposition involving former Rezko business partner Daniel T. Frawley. Since then, the only follow-up coverage from the Sun-Times has been the sound of crickets.
An article dated July 11, 2011, entitled "Ex-Rezko partner's sentencing delayed," announced that Daniel Frawley's sentencing for bank fraud had been postponed, yet again. He came up for sentencing again this week, and -- surprise! -- there's been another postponement.

So, how were Frawley and Rezko business partners?

It started when Ayham al-Samaraie, an Iraqi-American, college friend of Tony Rezko, was appointed electricity minister of Iraq in September 2003. Rezko's company was then hired to build an electricity-generating plant in Chamchamel, Iraq.

Ayham al-Samaraie awarded a $50-million contract to Companion Security to train security guards for the facility. Rezko and Frawley owned Companion Security. Daniel Mahru, who along with Rezko, introduced a young Barack Obama to Chicago, was the company's attorney.

The story goes on to include Al-Samaraie being imprisoned in Iraq for corruption and his arranged escape from prison, plus the involvement of a Democrat candidate for Congress on behalf of Companion Security. You can read more here.

Back to Frawley and the Sun-Times.

In February 2011, Frawley pled guilty to defrauding a bank out of $4.4 million. In the Sun-Times article linked above, staff reporters Chris Fusco and Tim Novak note that "federal prosecutors are seeking a reduced sentence for Frawley - of a year and a half in prison, rather than the 35 years he could face - apparently because Frawley has been secretly cooperating since at least 2006 in their investigation of Rezko[.]"

[NCTexan]

All of the Chicagoland media it mute on the Rezko, Blago, Rahm, (___you fill in the blanks___) history of corruption and scandal involving Obama.

 

It's their dirty little secret... like the crazy aunt that they keep locked in the attic.