The Swamp is reporting that a former banker has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired because he unveiled "shenanigans with the paperwork" of Barack Obama's home.
The GOP has jumped on the story and are using the story to tie Obama to Rezko again.
Kenneth Conner claims in the suit that an appraisal found the vacant lot purchased by Obama fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko was worth $125,000 less than the bank's first appraisal. The Republican National Committee was peddling the suit today with the apparent hope that Conner's allegation would lend credence to the suggestion Obama needed Rezko's help to finance the purchase of the Kenwood home--something Obama has denied.
The suit also includes this intriguing assertion: The Rezko loan file was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in Chicago, and when the bank responded to the subpoena the lower appraisal wasn't included in the papers sent to federal investigators.
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Here is the pdf file of the lawsuit
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The Complaint specifically mentions the Obamas and an appraisal on property they own. The Plaintiff alleges that he was wrongfully terminated because he was a whisleblower who notified his superiors of discrepancies in the appraisal used to transfer property to the Obamas.
There is nothing in the Complaint that suggests in any way that the Obamas were involved with the appraisal report or did anything wrong with respect to the appraisal or the transaction.
This may be just noise. The lawsuit has nothing to do with Obama. Nevertheless, the GOP is reported to be trying to link this lawsuit in some way to Obama.