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'''Antoin "Tony" Rezko''' (born 1955 in Aleppo, Syria) was a political fund raiser and real estate developer in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He had investments in both real estate and fast food restaurants. On May 13, 2008 Rezko was found guilty of mail fraud, [[money]] laundering, and aiding and abetting bribery. He has close connections with [[Democrat]] politicians, especially Presidential [[candidate]] [[Barack Obama]]. Obama has acknowledged that Rezko has raised about $250,000 for his political campaigns. Starting in 2003, Rezko was one of the people on Obama's U.S. Senate campaign finance committee. After it had been reported in 2006 that Rezko was under federal investigation for influence-peddling, Obama purchased a 10 foot (3.0 m) wide strip of Rezko's wife's property for $104,500, $60,000 above the assessed value of $40,500. Obama paid $300,000 less than the asking price for his [[home]] in 2006, while Rezko's wife paid full price for A vacant lot next door on the very same day.

[[Image:TonyRezko.jpg|thumb|Tony Rezko]]  '''Antoin "Tony" Rezko''' (born 1955 in Aleppo, Syria) was a political fund raiser and real estate developer in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He had investments in both real estate and fast food restaurants. On May 13, 2008 Rezko was found guilty of mail fraud, [[money]] laundering, and aiding and abetting bribery. He has close connections with [[Democrat]] politicians, especially Presidential [[candidate]] [[Barack Obama]]. Obama has acknowledged that Rezko has raised about $250,000 for his political campaigns. Starting in 2003, Rezko was one of the people on Obama's U.S. Senate campaign finance committee. After it had been reported in 2006 that Rezko was under federal investigation for influence-peddling, Obama purchased a 10 foot (3.0 m) wide strip of Rezko's wife's property for $104,500, $60,000 above the assessed value of $40,500. Obama paid $300,000 less than the asking price for his [[home]] in 2006, while Rezko's wife paid full price for A vacant lot next door on the very same day.

Obama has been asked about his relationship with Rezko since begining his 2008 presidential campaign, saying "I'm human like everybody else and I'm going to make mistakes." He would go on to call him his "[[friend]]" <ref>http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2006/11/post_41.html</ref> After the Rezko verdict Obama said that "This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew…"

Obama has been asked about his relationship with Rezko since begining his 2008 presidential campaign, saying "I'm human like everybody else and I'm going to make mistakes." He would go on to call him his "[[friend]]" <ref>http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2006/11/post_41.html</ref> After the Rezko verdict Obama said that "This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew…"