It doesn't contradict anything -- some profit on real estate during that time of huge increases in value is to be expected.
The fact remains that Rezko didn't even bargain on the price of their property, the property (based on the reports I've read) is too small to build on and they sold it to their own attorney.
It's that only one of the transactions was discounted from the asking price that bothers me. In my opinion, it smells.
If the two of us go to buy cars together and we strike a bargain with the dealer, but I pay MSRP and you take all of the bargained discount on your deal, is it a gift?
That's what this transaction feels like to me.