Monday, April 10, 2017

Obama/Chicago democrats. Sordid-----WATCHDOGS: Chicago Obama donors tried to strike it rich in Africa | Chicago Sun-Times

WATCHDOGS: Chicago Obama donors tried to strike it rich in Africa | Chicago Sun-Times: "...Higginbottom, a major political contributor to Obama and other Democrats, and Reynolds founded a company in Chicago called Sub-Sahara Inc. as the former congressman was meeting with government and business leaders in Zimbabwe, prospecting for deals.
“I would be the leg man, and he would be the money man,” Reynolds says of the hoped-for deals. 
“He would get 60 percent, and I would get 40 percent.”
Sub-Sahara’s African arm worked with Wilson, who later ran for mayor of Chicago and for president of the United States, as he teamed up with Medline Industries, Inc., a Chicago-area medical supply company, hoping to set up a manufacturing or distribution plant in Zimbabwe. 
Medline’s owners have been major political contributors to Obama, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other Democrats...
...Their dealings in Zimbabwe are now central to the U.S. government’s case against Reynolds, which is likely to give a behind-the-scenes look at the connections between some high-profile Chicagoans and Mugabe, one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers who Obama once described as a dictator..."

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