The full extent of Mr Obama's close links with two toxic Chicago associates, a radical black preacher, Jeremiah Wright, and a crooked property developer, Antoin Rezko, is also laid out in detail.
In October 2006 Fitzgerald indicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko and Chicago businessman Stuart Levine, who served on two state regulatory boards, and charged them with shaking down companies doing business with the state.