Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, said at an earlier hearing that he had notified Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin of the audit.

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Treasury Department officials also stressed that the audit showed that the vast majority of claims were paid lawfully.

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This allowed the investment bank to refuse the National Audit Office access to the financial models it had developed to inform the Treasury's decision on the future of the Rock.

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