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" Countrywide handled this as a house construction loan, which meant that Mr. Friends-of-Angelo loans were manually underwritten, avoiding the limits imposed by Countrywide's computer system. Johnson was designated both a Friend of Angelo and a "High Profile Borrower," according to documents and people familiar with the matter ...barack. Johnson, Brian Brooks, said the former Fannie Mae chief is a client of Countrywide's "private mortgage banking" division, which caters to wealthy customers. Mozilo and his lieutenants Andrew "Drew" Gissinger III and Wes Lazear. 5 million last year for a real-estate project in Big Timber, Mont. Barack addressed the congregation at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago, IL on June 15, 2008. Bristol-Myers Squibb Collaboration and Co-Promotion Agreement Drafted by Barack Obama Campaign Co-Chair Law Firm Released by Online Legal Document Source RealDealDocs.com.

During that period, Fannie Mae, a government-sponsored but shareholder-owned company, negotiated lower fees for guaranteeing loans made by Countrywide than those charged to smaller lenders. A spokesman for Fannie Mae, Chuck Greener, said Wednesday that Mr. Johnson received a consulting contract from the mortgage buyer after leaving its board in 1999, on top of his $852,000 annual pension.

Johnson, declined comment on specifics of the Montana loan. Obama, who has repeatedly denounced Mr. Countrywide processed the loan through a process known as the "Exception Processing System," which the lender used to handle loans that didn't comply with its own regulations.

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Party stalwart James A. The controversy over loans made to James Johnson (left), a 'Friend of Angelo' Mozilo, the lender's CEO (right), began after this report in The Wall Street Journal on Saturday. , which is acquiring the struggling Countrywide, has chosen Mr. Countrywide waived that rule, too.