Breaking! Star prosecution witness Levin said:The Obamas and Auchi attended party at Rezko's house

[indimuse]

Some of you Obama fans asked where my Rezko posts were? Here you go..as promised. See. New revelations everyday. What will be revealed next? Obama says he never met Auchi...party was in HONOR of Auchi!
I think we will here more about Obama in the future...How is this good for the GE, again?
The Obama campaign is counting on stupidity of voters and reporters for survival.!



Monday, April 14, 2008
Follow the Money: The Obamas and Auchi attended party at Rezko's house
Star prosecution witness Stuart Levine testified April 14, 2008, in the federal fraud trial of indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and his wife, Michelle Obama, attended an April 2004 party held at Rezko's home in honor of Iraqi-British billionaire businessman Nadhmi Auchi, "who was visiting the United States at the time."



Levine said very little about the party at Rezko's home or Obama's presence there.

He said he had flown Rezko's family back from Mexico the same day so that they would be in Chicago in time for the party.

"Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn was there?" Rezko attorney Joseph J. Duffy asked.

"Yes, Sir," Levine answered.

"Mr. and Mrs. Obama were there?" Duffy asked.

Levine testified, however, that "the governor was a no-show."

To date, both Sen. Obama and Mr. Auchi have denied having met, although Sen. Obama has said it is possible that he dropped in at the April 3, 2004, reception dinner hosted by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and held in Mr. Auchi's honor at Chicago's Four Seasons hotel.


<<<source # 2 >>>>>>>


Obama bomb dropped


When Tony Rezko held a reception at his home for Iraqi-born billionaire Nadhmi Auchi on April 3, 2004, White House hopeful Barack Obama and his wife were also there, Stuart Levine testified just now at Rezko's trial.

Auchi is the man who provided Rezko a $3.5 million loan that Rezko did not disclose to the court -- resulting in his January arrest.
"Mr. and Mrs. Obama were there, were they not?" Rezko lawyer Joseph Duffy asked.
"Yes, sir," Levine said.
Obama and his aides have said Obama has no recollection of ever meeting Auchi.
Rezko invited Levine to the reception after the two met up with each other during a family vacation in Puerto Vallarta. Rezko had to leave early to arrange for the reception, Levine testified. So Levine offered to rent a larger jet and fly Rezko's wife and children back to Chicago. That night, they all attended the reception.

The reception was aimed at getting Auchi interested in investing in Illinois, Levine said.


Levine testified that Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn.
"The governor was no-show?" Duffy asked.
Levine: "I don’t know that he was a no-show. I seem to recall..."
Duffy: "Was Gov. Blagojevich present?"
Levine: "Uh, no sir."

That reception has raised questions over whether Auchi should have been allowed into the United States because of legal problems he's faced overseas. Auchi, who lives in London, was named one of the wealthiest men in the world by Forbes Magazine.

This is a different reception than one held at the Four Seasons Hotel, where Blagojevich was present.
Here's the Sun-Times story on the Rezko-Auchi relationship and the hotel reception:

The Feb. 28 story: Tony Rezko's billionaire buddy

http://blogs.suntimes.com/rezko/2008/04/obama_bomb_dropped.html :edit to add link:

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[indimuse]

4. splash....

...

[AX10]

2. rec'd!

[Name removed]

3. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[uponit7771]

5. So? Come on people lets talk about the issues can we? thx

[jsamuel]

9. Every time Obama gets in trouble it is time to make a speech about how this doesn't matter.

Every time Clinton gets in trouble it is time to be political.

[Cameron27]

21. You've got that right. Obama's rules.

:thumbsup:

[uponit7771]

30. Oh, so you think free trade has HELPED America more than it hurt? Jus asking, and it's an issue he

...hit on during his last taken out of context "gaffe"

[jsamuel]

34. I know stereotypes are wrong.

Whatever the point he was trying to make, that was the problem with his statement, not the point, but the stereotype he used to make it.

[uponit7771]

38. and he apologized for the words which I dont' think stereo typed anyone. On the other hand the OP is

...implying Obama had something to do with a crooked Iraqi via Rezkos sisters, boyfriends former roomate.

"...Alsamarrae is a Chicago resident with dual US-Iraqi citizenship - an embarrassing connection for the war critic Obama. Alsamarrae is now living in his Chicago mansion..."

This is stupid, come on dude...lets talk about the issues.

[indimuse]

14. Obam fans are in complete denial about Rezko..

They keep missing the point though...

'Perception'...What the RW MSM will do with this type of info (I'm sure they are well ahead of the game on this one) Like I said I saw a video today, I didnt feel I should post anywhere,BUT the info in it was accurate and damaging to Obama!

[uponit7771]

32. K, not in denial and would like to know what this has to do with anything?

[Tellurian]

54. No- Say it isn't So! Saint Obama? Oh No!

[goldcanyonaz]

6. Nothing to see here. Let's sweep it under the rug. Moving on.

[PoliticalAmazon]

7. And Hillary Clinton attended an India-Corporate fundraiser....

...where they raised $2.5million for her campaign.

During her 15-minute speech there, she said that cementing the India-U.S. relationship would be the top priority of her administration.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5470049

[Lucinda]

12. So start a thread about it. THIS one is about the O'ster and his buddies.

[PoliticalAmazon]

41. Hillary's pimping her Senate power and gets a gala $2.5million fundraiser...

...by the folks with whom she made deals to send American jobs to India, and you don't think it belongs in this folder?

Why don't you ask the PA union members what they think about it. Ask them:

Would you rather your president have attended, years ago, a party of a man who ended up being indicted... or...

Would you rather your president have a current ongoing relationship by which she profits by millions in campaign funds froom a party with the very folks who stole your jobs from you?

[EVDebs]

19. H1b visas will be handed out like confetti ! Outsource HRC nt

[Lucinda]

8. I didn't know Obama had said that he never met Auchi!

Why does he do that?
Thanks for the link!

[indimuse]

17. go here , this video says alot!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5496310&mesg_id=5496310

[Lucinda]

27. Thanks!

On my way.

[ieoeja]

31. Read again.

Obama said he might have met him at an April 3rd, 2004 reception at The Four Seasons.

Levine (R-crook) says Obama went to a reception for Auchi at an April 3rd, 2004 reception at Rezko's.

Same date, but different location. And, like Obama, Levine doesn't remember if Obama met Auchi while there (it's possible they were there at different times).

[AtomicKitten]

10. Getting all atwitter over this bit of nothing reeks of desperation.

Which appears to be the general theme of the Clinton campaign lately.

[Nitrogenica]

11. Was Norman Hsu there?

[DearAbby]

13. Did he eat any

of the teeny weenies with the toothpicks? :wow:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. THEY SERVED ENDANGERED CHILEAN SEA BASS!

ZOMG!

[DearAbby]

35. OMFG!!11!!

You're series?!1!? That eeeeevil eeevil man!1!!111

[Botany]

24. Damn media hiding the truth

Obama is linked to cocktail weenies? :scared:

[DearAbby]

36. Shit

they got a photo of it too...hurry catch me, I think I am going to faint. On second thought...make room, and move out of the way, I think I am going to faint.

[Botany]

51. Look this party is nothing! What about Obama's link to organized crime?

Obama has driven and walked down streets that Al Capone is known
to have traveled on ..... both choose to live in Chicago too. :scared:

[DearAbby]

56. Good God!

You think they can actually tie Obama with this? :scared: I thought the teeny weenies was bad, shit!

[IndianaJones]

15. there is so much wrong with this guy, why focus on a non-story? nt.

[leftynyc]

16. Please provide a link

to where Sen Obama said he didn't know Auchi

[indimuse]

22. who do I look like ..your professor?

google it! answer in 1 min or so...

[Hawkeye-X]

45. Google shows me nothing but assumptions.

So *bzzzz* try again!

[leftynyc]

47. You made the claim in your OP

I'm asking you to back it up (which is correct protocol). If you can't, I'll just assume you made it up.

[Hawkeye-X]

48. He made shit up.

I checked... Rezko-gate is a Hillary desperation attempt. Apparently indimuse failed to Google "Individual H". More Clinton problem with Rezko than normal..

[leftynyc]

52. While I will enthusiastically vote for Sen Obama

in the fall, I have not drunk the kool-aid. This WILL be a problem, as will Rev Wright. I just need to be armed with the truth and not the truth that some Obama supporters wish were so. So, I'll not be putting my head in the sand and thinking just because it didn't work against Sen Obama during the dem primary season, it wont work with pubs, moderates and indies in the fall.

[Hawkeye-X]

62. He's already been vetted of this matter a long ago.

Editoral board of the right-wing Chicago Tribune had a sitdown with Obama about Rezko, and determined that he's telling the truth about Rezko.

Googling it is a easy find.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0316edit1mar16,0,2616801.story

[leftynyc]

70. Since when does the truth matter in the GE?

Did VP Gore ever claim to have invented the internet? It will be the insinuations and the guilt by association cards that get played. And Rev Wright (contrary to what many people on this board believe) is going to be a MAJOR issue in the fall.

And this "already been vetted" argument is nonsense. There were three different congressional investigations into the death of Vince Foster - THREE!! And yet, I saw people ON THIS SITE claim it will be an issue in the fall if she was the candidate and insinuating she killed him. So the vetting argument holds no water.

How we wound up with the two weakest candidates duking it out is totally beyond me.

[indimuse]

61. Looks as if Obama screwd his own election ...

Looks as if Obama screwd his own election ...such a liar! Associating with an Iraqi billionaire who made his money selling arms to Saddam Hussein will not fly with voters. Might take a couple days to catch on...soon come mon...

[LSparkle]

20. And what was Bill C. doing at the time? Flying to Kazakhstan?

She's gonna lose the "Guilt by Association" game BIG TIME ...

[nichomachus]

23. The average small-town person

Would have to work their entire working life simply to gross the same amount Bill Clinton got for supporting a trade agreement Hillary opposes.

Do you really want to go there?

When all you've got left in your bucket is mud, it's time to wrap it up.

[Cameron27]

25. K&R

[bowens43]

26. Damn! He went to a party??? That son of bitch!!!

[uponit7771]

40. but but but...Rezkos sisters boyfriends former roomate was there and he KNEW Auchi!!! /sarcasm

[Egnever]

28. So?

[ProSense]

29. Bombshell: Obama was at a party

"although Sen. Obama has said it is possible that he dropped in at the April 3, 2004"

What about the $800,000 the Clintons made from Colombian officials?

[uponit7771]

42. ..uh...uh...uh...Obama said bitter dammit!!!

[YOY]

33. Breaking: EPIC FAIL!

[berni_mccoy]

64. OMFG! LOL!

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

37. He lied? Or did he mis-remember, or maybe he was tired?

He lied? Did he get a BJ at the party, too?

He lied?

Really? A politician might have lied? It looks like the electorate is going to have to choose between a few liars here. Oh well.

Please don't call Obama supporters stupid anymore. Thank you.

Edit: It's also unnecessary to use a period and an exclamation point at the same time.

[Lord Helmet]

50. sniper fire

[Texas Hill Country]

39. this is really really bad

[uponit7771]

43. Why? Who cares? Obama didn't take any dirty money and so what if Rezko did?

[Kittycat]

44. HSU bad? Or Sniper Bad? Or $800K from Columbia Bad?

Or he didn't even know they were going to be there, or didn't know the guy at all, bad?

[virtualobserver]

46. sure it is

[Maribelle]

49. I am left wondering why Duffy is doing this.

This would seem just like The Chicago Way if Duffy or Rezko were mad at Obama for something.

[indimuse]

67. a very good question.

U bet Obama's trial staffers dropped a load when his cover was blown. wink wink.

[oviedodem]

53. You Hillary people don't get it really! You are harping on one person where

your candidate and husband have accepted more dirty money than EVER. IN fact your beloved Clintons have accepted money (tons of it) from Middle East countries, and their leaders.

Get a grip.

Secondly, it is possible for 2 people to be in the room and not meet.

Is this all you got.

[Cheap_Trick]

57. yes, this is all they have

why else do you think they've been beating Rezko like a dead donkey.

[indimuse]

59. yopu don't get iT!

Obama stated in this interview with The Sun Times he never met Mr. Auchi.

Now he and his wife are at a party for him at Rezkos house. The same Auchi that gave Rezko $3.5 million prior to Obama purchasing his mansion. Before he purchased the house he took Rezko for a walk through. Some thing else I read Obama house is in trust, I never heard of a house that has a mortgage is kept in trust. Some one needs to check on that information. I'll say it again... I do believe that this is the tip of the Obama iceberg!

[oviedodem]

71. There are many homes kept in trust for various reasons. It is not uncommon.

[Straight Shooter]

65. "... it is possible for 2 people to be in the room and not meet."

True, but if Auchi were someone who could grease some wheels or open some donor doors for Obama, you can bet your bottom dollar Obama would have been introduced to him.

[indimuse]

69. and..Tony+political fixer + Auchi guest of Honor = Obama NEEDS CASH!

And along came the Mansion...people do your homework...some have.

[oviedodem]

72. So your saying he recieved money for house which it has been proved

that he made more than enough from his book to pay for it.

ROTFL!

Wow he needed that house badly didn't he.

[MoonRiver]

55. LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!

[McCamy Taylor]

58. It's ok, the press will parse "bitter" save this for the GE.

[Symarip]

60. lol

Thread number 3.

See you tomorrow.

[Lord Helmet]

63. Breaking! Clinton supporters grasping at straws.

[indimuse]

68. Obama lies daily! And you cheers!

Truth is revealed about your clever lil' liar and we are the ones desperate...? HA! Obama's ship is the one sinking...bubye..

[DemGa]

66. See ya, Obama! ---- NT

[indimuse]

73. MSM: AP :

Rezko trial witness says Obama attended party for billionaireMonday, April 14, 2008 | 2:20 PM CHICAGO -- The government's star witness at the fraud trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko testified Monday that Sen. Barack Obama and his wife attended a party four years ago at the home of the indicted political fundraiser.

Stuart Levine said the party took place in April 2004 and was held to honor Iraqi-born Nadhmi Auchi, a London-based billionaire who was visiting the United States at the time.
Rezko, 52, was a major fundraiser for Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and the trial has been closely watched because of Obama's presidential campaign. But very little has been said about the senator thus far.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6080208

<snip>

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said he could not comment immediately, but indicated he would do so shortly.

Rezko is charged with scheming with Levine to squeeze money management firms wanting state business for kickbacks and split a bribe. Rezko has denied that he took part in such a scheme.
But his bond was revoked and he was jailed by the trial judge after federal prosecutors discovered a wire transfer of $3.5 million in 2007 to his attorneys from Auchi by way of a bank in Lebanon. Rezko had told Judge Amy J. St. Eve that he had no money, no way of getting money and was living off the charity of friends and relatives.

Levine has pleaded guilty to the charges and taken the stand as the government's star witness in hopes of getting a lenient sentence.
Levine said very little about the party at Rezko's home or Obama's presence there.
He said he had flown Rezko's family back from Mexico the same day so that they would be in Chicago in time for the party.

"Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn was there?" Rezko attorney Joseph J. Duffy asked.

"Yes, Sir," Levine answered.

"Mr. and Mrs. Obama were there?" Duffy asked.

Levine agreed with a Duffy statement that "the governor was a no-show."

Auchi is one of the world's richest men and Illinois officials obviously had hoped when he visited this state four years ago that he would invest in it. Since then he has purchased a 62-acre tract not far from the heart of downtown Chicago. Rezko was at one time a part-owner.