'We hid this during the election': Obama ally confesses he covered up 'race' video Andrew Breitbart threatened to release before his death

A supporter of Barack Obama has admitted he tried to hide a video of the President speaking out in favour of a controversial Harvard professor while he was a student.

Conservative rabble-rouser Andrew Breitbart had promised to release the 'explosive' video, which shows Mr Obama embracing outspoken academic Derrick Bell, just weeks before his sudden death last Thursday.

A website unearthed the video earlier today, but it initially seemed much less dramatic than one might have expected given Mr Breitbart's boasts .... Read more at http://www.dailymail.co.uk