From AP:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is donating to charity a $5,000 contribution to his 2004 Senate campaign from an indicted former Illinois official, a spokesman said Friday.
Ali Ata, the former executive director of the Illinois Finance Authority, was charged Thursday with trying to help entrepreneur (My note: scam artist) Antoin Rezko borrow $10 million in a fraud scheme.
Rezko has already been charged with trying to shake down investment firms that wanted to do business with the state, and his personal and financial relationship with Obama has been an issue in the Illinois senator's presidential campaign.
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