Elijah Cummings has driven a lot of news about the AIG bonus scandal, but he’s got tentacles deep in other controversial aspects of the $180 billion bailout. He’s currently circulating (and I have obtained) a letter to colleagues, seeking their support for a TARP inspector general investigation into every aspect of the payments AIG made, with government money, to counterparties whose risky investments it had insured.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=144586