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Wes Moore Won't Say If He Took a Citigroup Bonus After the Bailout

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore won’t say whether he received a bonus while working as an investment banker at Citigroup after the company was saved by a government bailout during the 2008 financial crisis that the bank helped precipitate. Asked by Sludge whether he received a bonus payment, Gov. Moore’s spokespeople declined to address the question. Ammar Moussa, senior press secretary with the Maryland ...
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