Tarp Oversight Panel Finds Fault With Gmac Bailouts

By SEWELL CHAN, New York Times
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:20pm

A report to be released Thursday questions the Bush administration’s decision to rescue “a company that apparently posed no systemic risk to the financial system.”

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Topics: bailouts bank bailout bush administration gmac tarp tarp oversight panel u.s. financial system

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