It has been assumed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) had no prior relationship with Northern Trust until it became his mortgage banker for the June 2005 purchase of his Hyde Park townhouse. It has been suggested that it was convicted political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko, Obama’s political patron and personal real estate fairy, who led him to Northern Trust. Recently, it was pointed out that one of his early political backers, Lester Crown (photo), a board member at Northern Trust, may have been involved in Obama getting his $1.32 million loan. However, in another revelation by pseudononymous writer Richard Henry...
