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....
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