<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">News photographer kept this 2005 photo of Obama & Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan secret for Obama's entire political career because it would have “made a difference” to Obama’s political future. <a href="https://t.co/zLIgp9WZrR">pic.twitter.com/zLIgp9WZrR</a></p>— Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/956622629552705537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"> January 25, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The journalist who snapped the pair at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting in 2005, Askia Muhammad, told the Trice Edney News Wire that he “gave the picture up at the time and basically swore secrecy” out of concern that it could have “made a difference” and damaged Obama’s political future.