Remember those bonuses? It seems Harold Ford, working there at the time, refuses to say if he got one. If he didn't get one, you'd think he'd say. From Ben Smith:
Ford fills the sort of hazy role at Merrill traditionally occupied by political stars at New York investment firms. They’re rainmakers an image-buffers, there to impress clients, make connections, and put a politic foot forward in public settings.
But Ford arrived at the tail of the boom, and stayed at Merrill through its absorption by Bank of America and through a controversial round of bonuses at the end of 2008. His spokesman, Davidson Goldin, refused to say whether he’d received one, but New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has requested information on the bonuses from the bank, which received federal support to weather the crisis.
