Fox Business Network suing Treasury

December 18, 2008 The Fox Business Network is suing the U.S. Treasury Department in federal court under the Freedom of Information Act after the Bush administration failed to hand over details about the bailout. Fox Business Network said that the Treasury Department ignored two separate requests on what it calls "actual data" on the bailouts of American International Group and Citigroup as well as the role of Bank of New York Mellon in the government-funded bailout. "The American public is entitled to know that information and what we'd like to get them (the Treasury Department) responding to it," Mintz said.

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