Henry Paulson Testifies In Starr International Lawsuit Against Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Henry "Hank" Paulson, chairman and founder of the Paulson Institute and former U.S. Treasury secretary, center, walks to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Maurice Hank Greenbergs Starr International Co., the biggest shareholder in AIG when the financial crisis struck, sued the U.S. in 2011 seeking more than $25 billion for losses from the insurers bailout. Starr claims the governments assumption of 80 percent of AIG's stock in exchange for an $85 billion loan was an unconstitutional taking of private property. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images