Top White House economic adviser Larry Summers hooked a freebie flight on a posh Citigroup corporate jet mere months before he began weighing the bank’s fate with other policymakers trying to save the banking system.Great moments in TARP.
Summers’ decision to accept the freebie raises questions about his ability to remain impartial in those crucial deliberations, critics said.
“It certainly raises the question about Mr. Summers’ relationship with Citigroup,” said Barney Keller, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Republican Party. “One would hope, given the financial crisis we’re in, that there’s as much transparency and disclosure as possible for all individuals involved with fixing the (financial) problems.”
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Key Obama aide Larry Summers took ride from bailed-out Citigroup
The Boston Herald reports:
