• 08 Jan 2010 at 3:49 PM

Tim Geithner Didn’t Try To Cover Up AIG Payouts, Says Tim Geithner’s Employer

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timgeithnertweaking.jpgRemember that story yesterday, about how then NY Fed Chair Tim Geithner and his staff maybe instructed AIG to keep its payments to banks hush-hush, as backed up by emails? Never happened, says New York Fed’s general counsel. He has no idea what any of you are talking about. In fact, he’s never even heard of this Tim Geithner guy. What’s he like?

“Matters of AIG securities law disclosure were not brought to the attention of the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,” Thomas Baxter, the New York Fed’s general counsel, said in a statement.
The U.S. Treasury and White House also have said Geithner was not involved in any e-mailed discussions between New York Fed and AIG lawyers over disclosures of the insurer’s payments to banks.

NY Fed: Geithner not involved in AIG disclosures [Reuters]

Comments (19)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 11:51 AM

    tg also didn't cheat on his taxes. oh, wait…

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    Whew. well, that. is. good to know. Thanks.
    I mean, I was beginning to have doubts about the whole AIG deal.

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    But they did find a well-thumbed edition of Tropic of Cancer in his desk drawer there.

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    has he sold his house yet?

  5. 5
    Posted by Anal_yst | January 8, 2010 at 12:08 PM

    So the current head of the NY Fed (Goldman, natch) did? Oh, yes, please feed the trolls more.

  6. 6
    Posted by NotNasser | January 8, 2010 at 12:14 PM

    So the rumor that Obama is kicking Geithner to the curb and installing Dodd as the new Treas. Secy isn't to be treated as gospel either?

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    @3/Cantstandya – Tropic of Capricorn

  8. 8
    Posted by they call me Mr. Tib | January 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    Look carefully at this guy, I think he is right…..he doesn't know who Tim Geithner is.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    cracking two safes at a time. that's talent. you can't teach that.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    O, he's been a "job" since he was nominated. O sticks with the losers and lets the good guys (i.e., Gregory Craig) resign. The wimpiest prez since Carter.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    @10 i second that. Obama is a liar and a pussy and his administration is a circus of clowns and "yes men" sucking off his dwindling popularity. If he had half the Alabama blacksnake he thinks he does he would fire Timmy, Napolitano and that asshole National Security advisor.
    BHO cant even keep trespassers out of the White House!!

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    TG: Of course you can milk a cat, Congressman. You can milk just about anything with nipples.
    Barney Frank: I have nipples Mr. Geithner. Can you milk me?

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 1:22 PM

    @12 no but I will suck your cock if you let me keep my job.

  14. 14
    Posted by they call me Mr. Tib | January 8, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    #11…..You got it nailed. Hope someone with a brain reads this and moves on it.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    @15, yeah, I've pretty much always voted Democratic but this crew is turning me into a Republican. And I'm not sure there is anyone with a brain in the WH. They're too busy fluffing BHO, as #11 notes.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | January 8, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    keebler

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | January 9, 2010 at 4:46 AM

    16=racist. examine your motives.

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | January 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM

    @12 FTW of the week!!!

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