Obama associated with Farrakhan prior to his election

And the news was kept entirely secret for many years so as not damage his electoral chances. Even now, however, there's still plenty of leftist news outlets who've refused to report about it:

A review of media monitoring services reveals that every cable news network except Fox News has thus far ignored or downplayed the story of the suppressed 2005 photograph of Barack Obama with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

The photograph was released last Saturday by a left-wing journalist. To their credit, the left-wing new media, led by Talking Points Memo, did much of the legwork in reporting further details of the story — such as the fact that the Congressional Black Caucus had invited Farrakhan to meet with them, and that the photograph was deliberately hidden to protect then-Sen. Obama’s nascent presidential campaign.

Still, the networks ignored the story.

For failing to discuss the issue, which is very serious, they should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. And all they cared about was Donald Trump's supposed connections with a KKK member despite having no connections and denouncing him in the past. Nobody should be wasting time on channels like CNN if they won't focus on something disturbing like this.