I have heard that she's a non-starter from the beginning because of some kind of plea agreement in Illinois that allowed her to keep her law license, but somehow made her commit to not running for public office. Not sure at all if that's true, but I wish I had time to dig into her career in Chicago pre-2008.
I did a quick look-see and just found rumors about it. However:
Similar false claims about the Obamas' law licenses have been fact-checked as far back as 2010 by Snopes, subsequently by FactCheck.org and, more recently, by PolitiFact.
I have heard that she's a non-starter from the beginning because of some kind of plea agreement in Illinois that allowed her to keep her law license, but somehow made her commit to not running for public office. Not sure at all if that's true, but I wish I had time to dig into her career in Chicago pre-2008.
I did a quick look-see and just found rumors about it. However:
....so it's probably true.
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