Name:   PTClakefan - Subject:   do Americans want to know how Billions are stolen? Date:   12/17/2019 10:40:37 PM

Interesting, I had not heard of a connection between a prior publishing house government contract and the Obama book deal before, but then, I dont get out much.  I have seen some Trump tweets that the deal should be investigated, but I took that in the context of the rancor and discord that has seemed to consume our federal government representatives in recent years.  I believe that presidential book deals have been common since the U.S. Grant administration, and they have gotten more lucrative as time has passed.  Like Obama or hate him, (I am in neither catagory, FWIW) many people will probably buy his book (and his wife's) so I would be more inclined to believe that the publishing house made a business decision that it could make a profit even after advancing such a large sum.  However, if you have some evidence that Obama, while in office, ordered some federal agency to award the publishing house a $300mm contract so that, after he left office, he would receive a lucrative book deal from them, then by all means you should take that evidence to the proper authorities ASAP.