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Did Obama Just Buy Magnum PI's Hawaii Home?

© AFP 2023 / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House March 3, 2015 in Washington, DC
US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House March 3, 2015 in Washington, DC - Sputnik International
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One of the most famous pieces of beachfront property in Hawaii was sold this week - and the buyers appear connected to the First Family, leading many to speculate that the Obamas may be moving to the Aloha state in 2016.

The beautiful Waimanalo beach front property the Pahonu, made famous as the “Robin’s Egg” on the popular 1980s TV series Magnum PI, was sold on Monday for $8.7 million. The contact for the purchase was listed as an Obama donor, Chicago attorney and Obama friend Seth Madorsky, and the deed and mortgage were signed by former Obama fundraiser Judy Grimanis.

© Flickr / MichaelThe gate leading to the interior of the Robin's Nest
The gate leading to the interior of the Robin's Nest  - Sputnik International
The gate leading to the interior of the Robin's Nest

Grimanis works as an executive assistant for the Vistris Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm run by one of the president’s golf partners Marty Nesbitt. 

None of the documents mention the president by name, and the White House declined to comment on the report by Fox affiliate KHON.

© Magnum-Mania Pahonu's main house
Pahonu's main house  - Sputnik International
Pahonu's main house

Pahonu is a three-acre beachfront property built in 1933. It has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a gatehouse, a boat house, a tennis court, a mens bath and womens bath, 500 feet of beachfront and a turtle pond, according to Zillow. 

© Sotheby's International Realty Part of the 500 feet of beach front
Part of the 500 feet of beach front  - Sputnik International
Part of the 500 feet of beach front

The prospect of the president and his family moving to the Honolulu suburb has some residents shaking their heads. 

“He’s going to be protected by the Secret Service all the time; there will be all kinds of traffic woes,” resident Uncle Nawai told KITV.

Others are thrilled with the possibility.

© MAGNUM MANIA The Robin's Nest
The Robin's Nest  - Sputnik International
The Robin's Nest

“People on the beach here think it’s Obama, and some people like me are thrilled at the prospect,”  resident Lee Siegel told KHON. “It’s wonderful. My dog there can’t wait to play with Bo.”

© Flickr / Alan Light Tom Selleck, May 1984, filming Magnum P.I. at the Kahala Hilton hotel.
Tom Selleck, May 1984, filming Magnum P.I. at the Kahala Hilton hotel. - Sputnik International
Tom Selleck, May 1984, filming Magnum P.I. at the Kahala Hilton hotel.

A senior administration official would not comment directly on the Obamas’ possible purchase of a home in Hawaii, telling POLITICO only, “The president is not a party to this transaction.”

The purchase of a post-presidential home is often shrouded in secrecy, and past presidents have often had close friends handle the paperwork, as was the case when George W. and Laura Bush purchased their Dallas, Texas home through longtime friend and personal accountant Robert McCleskey.

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