AIG May Join Bailout Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
AIG May Join Bailout Lawsuit Against U.S. Government
American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008, drew angry condemnation from lawmakers on Tuesday after saying it may join a lawsuit that alleges the bailout terms were unfair.
A leading congressional Democrat called criticism of the deal’s terms “utterly ridiculous,” and former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer - who probed AIG when he was in office - called the prospect of a suit “insulting to the public.”
The White House declined to comment on the potential for a lawsuit but defended the $182 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, newly elected Senator Elizabeth Warren, feared by Wall Street as a potential thorn in its side on the Senate Banking Committee, called the suit talk “outrageous” and said the company should not “bite the hand that fed them for helping them out in a crisis.”