[Toddsterpatriot]

A further complication is that during the crisis of 2008, the Fed issued an $85 billion line of credit to keep AIG afloat and secured that line of credit by warrants for just under 80% of the company’s stock.

The Treasury (TARP) got the stock, not the Fed.

[Rockingham]

I think that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York held the government’s interest in AIG.