US-Election 2008

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<b>Indicted Obama fundraiser Rezko arrested </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->CHICAGO - Indicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who has poured thousands of dollars into Barack Obama's political campaigns, was arrested by federal agents Monday after his $2 million bail was revoked.
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<b>Rezko had long been a fundraiser for Obama.</b> The Democratic presidential candidate and senator from Illinois has said he had no indication of problems with Rezko when he accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. When prosecutors unsealed their charges against Rezko in 2006, Obama gave $11,500 in Rezko contributions to charities
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<b>Earlier this month, Obama gave to charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions from seven individuals with ties to Rezko. The </b>decision to donate the money contributed to Obama's House and Senate campaigns — but not his current presidential bid — came after a published report that Obama is the unnamed "political candidate" in one paragraph of a 78-page prosecution document that outlines the case against Rezko.

<b>Obama also has had to answer questions about how Rezko became involved in the purchase of the Obama family home as well as other ties that go back more than 15 years.</b>
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