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Obama for America - July 15, 2009 Quarterly Report

http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/726/29992463726/29992463726.pdf#navpanes=0

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They’ve lumped legal services for Obama for America, the BHO Transition and the BHO farce-auguration all together.

Total legal services I calculated from 4-1-09 to 6-30-09:

$294,182.55
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for just THREE MONTHS .... with Perkins Coie (Robert Bauer) getting the bulk of course = $288,5225.60

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP got $4,249.98

Right Now Technologies got $1,407.16

The FEC also sent them a letter, requesting further clarification and in very shap terms on August 7, 2009

http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/078/29030143078/29030143078.pdf#navpanes=0

The item “AOL, LLC Lockbox Processing” for telephone ... big amount .. $323,344.79 ... wonder if they have the credit card donation processing system.

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In total, Obama has paid Perkins Coie, a single law firm, $2.3 million since he announced his campaign for presidency. By contrast, a cumulative total of all of Sen. John McCain’s legal consulting fees from Jan. 1, 2007, to June 30, 2009, amounts to $1.46 million.

As WND reported, Robert Bauer of Perkins Coie – top lawyer for Obama, Obama’s presidential campaign, the Democratic National Committee and Obama’s Organizing for America – is the same Washington, D.C., lawyer defending President Obama in lawsuits challenging his eligibility to be president.

WND also reported that Bauer sent a letter to plaintiff Gregory Hollister, a retired Air Force colonel, of Hollister v. Soetoro, threatening sanctions if he doesn’t withdraw his appeal of the eligibility case that earlier was tossed by a district judge because the issue already had been “twittered.”

Bauer’s warning was dated April 3 and delivered via letter to the plaintiff’s attorney, John D. Hemenway. It is not the first such warning issued. Lawyers trying to kill a similar California lawsuit filed on behalf of Ambassador Alan Keyes also said they would seek sanctions against the plaintiff’s attorneys in that case unless they left the issue of the president’s eligibility alone.

“For the reasons stated in Judge Robertson’s ruling, the suit is frivolous and should not be pursued,” Bauer’s letter warned. “Should you decline to withdraw this frivolous appeal, please be informed that we intend to pursue sanctions, including costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38 and D.C. Circuit Rule 38.”

Bauer also represented Obama and the DNC in Philip Berg’s eligibility lawsuit and various other legal challenges. The White House has not responded to WND’s request for comment on the legal fees.

Perkins Coie serves high-profile clients such as Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks. In 2006, the firm also represented Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s alleged bodyguard and driver.

The FEC allows elected officials to use campaign funds to pay legal fees only if the action/investigations arise as a result of their tenure in office or campaigns, according to Politico.

The FEC report also reveals Obama For America also paid $6,365 in legal fees to Olaker, Biden & Belair, a firm founded by Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden.

http://thehuffingtonriposte.blogspot.com/2009/08/if-obama-has-nothing-to-hide-concerning.html