WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday asked a government auditor to review the Fed’s actions in bailing out American International Group Inc in 2008, as controversy persisted over the central bank’s role in extending billions in credit to the insurer.
Bernanke, in a letter to Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, said the Fed would make available to the Government Accountability Office all documents and personnel necessary to conduct the review.
