A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should testify in the multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the former chief of American International Group Inc, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, against the United States over the insurer's 2008 bailout.
Judge Thomas Wheeler of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rejected the government's effort to keep Bernanke from submitting to a deposition by Greenberg's Starr International Co, once AIG's largest shareholder with a 12 percent stake.
Wheeler called Bernanke a "central figure" in the decision to rescue AIG, making him a "key witness" who could provide "highly relevant" testimony about the government's bailout of the insurer, which eventually totaled $182.3 billion.
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