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Obama still hasn’t returned those illegal contributions?

Posted 06 Aug 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, corruption

Yesterday, I posted about the illegal Palestinian campaign contributions accepted by the Obama campaign. Despite the fine spin control by HopeyMcChange, the story isn’t going away yet.

Via The Wall Street Journal – Candidate’s staffers insist Gaza brothers refunded, but men say, ‘We did not receive any money back’

In response to a WND story, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign contends it returned $33,500 in illegal contributions from Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza, but the donors told Aaron Klein of WND today they have not received any money.

The Wall Street Journal reported it spoke to Obama officials who said the donations from three Palestinian brothers were received between Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 last year, and virtually all of the money was returned by Dec. 6. The campaign said, however, the refunds were not reported to the Federal Election Commission due to a technical error.

The Obama camp insisted the remaining $2,500 was refunded Monday and all of the refunds will be reflected soon in an amended report. The campaign said new controls are in place to prevent any similar attempts in the future.

But WND asked two of the brothers – Monir and Hasam Edwan – to respond to the campaign’s claims.

“No, we did not receive any money back from the Obama campaign at any time,” said Monir Edwan.

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