article_snippet: The first family is not the true purchaser of a sprawling beachfront home used in the filming of the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I. that sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama, the White House said on Friday.
article_snippet: An attorney for Nesbittthe president and first lady , said Thursday that his client bought the property.
article_snippet: These undated photos, provided by LIST Sotheby's International Realty, show the Waimanalo, Hawaii, home used for the filming of the 1980s television show 'Magnum, P.I.' The 3-acre oceanfront property has sold for $8.7 million to a close friend of President Barack Obama .
article_snippet: The first family is not the true purchaser of the sprawling beachfront home, the White House said on Friday. 
article_snippet: An attorney for Marty Nesbitt, a close friend of the president and first lady from the president and first lady days in Chicago, said Thursday that his client bought the Hawaii property in question .
article_snippet: As Politico notes, it wouldn't be unprecedented for The Obamas to purchase a new home through a family friend and allow it to lay in wait while still living at the White House.
article_snippet: George W. Bush and Laura Bush acquired George W. Bush and Laura Bush Dallas, Texas, home in the name of the then-president’s personal accountant, Robert McCleskey.
article_snippet: But the Bushes didn't deny that the Bushes'd purchased, accommodations, though the Bushes wouldn't say where, and the Bushes waited until the final months of the 43rd president's tenure to to attain the property.
highlights_snippet: Nesbittthe president and first lady , said Thursday that his client bought the property.