Obama comments on Citigroup $50M jet purchase after receiving $45B bailout funds

The passage links a high‑profile official (President Obama) to a specific corporate expense (Citigroup’s $50 million jet) that followed a massive taxpayer bailout. While the claim is already public an Citigroup received $45 billion in taxpayer funds during the 2008‑09 financial crisis. In early 2009 Citigroup proposed buying a $50 million corporate jet. President Obama publicly called the jet purc