[ April 19, 2024 ]
This is wholly consistent with the stories I broke of Obama’s illegal contributions back in 2008. It’s against the law but Democrats are at war with the rule of law – for them, that is.
Obama’s Contributions: Foreign and Domestic
Pamela Geller, Big Government: Call for an Audit of Obama’s Campaign Finances
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OBAMA ABOVE THE LAW:WILL ESCAPE MASSIVE CAMPAIGN FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
OBAMA CAMPAIGN FRAUD:STILL TAKING FICTITIOUS DONORS, CREDIT CARD FRAUD
OBAMA LIED: “Palestinian” Campaign Contributions NEVER RETURNED OR REFUNDED
Obama’s “Odd” Contributions: More evidence of foreign contributors
Saudi National Gave Thousands of Illegal Donations to Obama Inaugural Committee, Report Finds
By: PJM, October 30, 2019
An analysis by the Associated Press of campaign finance records and court documents determined that Barack Obama’s 2012 inauguration received hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal donations from a Saudi national via a straw donor.
U.S. election law prohibits foreign nationals from making those sorts of political contributions. But the donations Sheikh Mohammed Al Rahbani tried to send to Obama’s inaugural committee were funneled through a seasoned straw donor, the records and the AP analysis show.
That intermediary, Imaad Zuberi, agreed this month to plead guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to several American political candidates on behalf of foreign nationals. He is also set to plead guilty to concealing his work as a foreign agent as he lobbied high-level U.S. government officials.
The prosecution by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles is the latest in a string of cases that highlight the prevalence of banned foreign money in American politics and the often lax approach campaigns take in vetting contributions.
Zuberi was also a top fundraiser for Obama and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns, serving on both of their campaign finance committees, before switching support to Trump after his 2016 victory. Zuberi and his family have donated to both Democrat and Republican national committees and candidates, raising questions about how donations are vetted even when they unaware of the illicit nature of donations.
Some donations reported by political campaigns were made in Rahbani’s and others’ names but were paid for with credit cards belonging to Zuberi or his wife, prosecutors said.
Requests for comment were sent to representatives for Graham, Clinton and Engel.
Steve Kerrigan, CEO of Obama’s 2013 inauguration committee, said it had a very thorough vetting process that included requiring donors to certify that their contributions complied with the law. He declined to comment further on the specifics of Zuberi’s donations.
As a middleman, Zuberi was deeply flawed.
Zuberi, 49, admitted in a plea agreement that only $97,500 of the $850,000 that he was supposed to deliver to the Obama inaugural committee on Rahbani’s behalf actually made it into the committee’s hands. The rest, he skimmed for himself.
Rahbani declined to comment through an assistant. Zuberi’s attorneys and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles all declined to comment.
It’s lucky for Barack Obama this came out nearly three years after he left office, isn’t it?
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16 Comments
4 years ago
No one should be surprised. Obama was the worst President in our history.
4 years ago
Meh,…. DNC would just pull a “Clinton Donation” rope-a-dope and launder money through Nation of Islam !!
FBI and DOJ just don’t care !!
4 years ago
“No one is above the rule of law.”
-Democrat talking point 10-31-19
4 years ago
Normal they are rewarding him having supported the rise of Islam in the West..
4 years ago
Tip of the iceberg
4 years ago
Tip of the iceberg
4 years ago
I’m afraid obama’s like AL capone…we’ll have to get him on something like IRS targeting of his political enemies, gun running Fast&Furious resulting in American death or Benghazi Resulting in American DeathS….or something else seemingly trivial!
4 years ago
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Thomas Faddis
let’s see, there is quite a list that no one is willing to look at. how about stolen SSN, lying on the Illinois bar application about not having any other previous names (like barry soetoro), tax fraud (SSN is stolen), having a foreign passport in 1979 when he visited his “mother” in pakistan when an american passport wouldn’t let you in, et al
4 years ago
this has been known for 12 years, but no one in the repubs will touch him. my guess is they all get muslim oil money somehow
4 years ago
Keep in mind that sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers plus money man bin Laden himself were all Saudi.
4 years ago
According to FORBES magazine Barrack Heussein obama has a net worth of $2.8 Billion! Certainly that is his reward for being Americas first Caliph who used the power, wealth and prestige of America to promote islam world wide.
4 years ago
Obama was and IS a puppet
4 years ago
People can’t even get Obama on his birth certificate. All one needs to do is look at a picture of Obama Sr. and his real father Frank Marshal Davis and come to the correct conclusion. Genetic traits passed from father to son don’t lie.
