Asked if there was any 'truth ' to rumors that the 'Obamas are behind this purchase ' White House spokesman Josh Earnest smirked and said : 'They are not . ' An attorney for Marty Nesbitt , a close friend of the president and first lady from their days in Chicago , said Thursday that his client bought the property . The lawyer said Nesbitt did n't have any partners or co-investors in the deal . The 3-acre oceanfront property is in Waimanalo , next to the town of Kailua where the Obama family has spent the winter holidays in recent years . Tom Selleck 's character , Robin Masters , lived in the sprawling beachfront home on the television show Magnum P.I . In addition to a four-bedroom and 5.5 bath 11,054 square foot main residence , the property features a 'historic turtle pond , ' tennis courts , a gate house , boat house , five-car carriage house and a bath house .
Asked if there was any 'truth ' to rumors that the 'Obamas are behind this purchase ' White House spokesman Josh Earnest smirked and said : 'They are not . ' An attorney for Marty Nesbitt , a close friend of the president and first lady from their days in Chicago , said Thursday that his client bought the property . The lawyer said Nesbitt did n't have any partners or co-investors in the deal . The 3-acre oceanfront property is in Waimanalo , next to the town of Kailua where the Obama family has spent the winter holidays in recent years . Tom Selleck 's character , Robin Masters , lived in the sprawling beachfront home on the television show Magnum P.I . In addition to a five-bedroom and 5.5 bath 11,054 square foot main residence , the property features a 'historic turtle pond , ' tennis courts , a gate house , boat house , four-car carriage house and a bath house .