he talked with cnn s national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. governor, thanks for joining us. let s talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i ll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn t you clear this up sooner? well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn t. i left to go out and run the olympics. i did that full-time. relinquished all management authority and role in bain capital after february 1999. how do you explain that discrepancy? you said publicly you left the firm in 1999. weren t you concerned at some point these filings mi
he talked with cnn s national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. governor, thanks for joining us. let s talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i ll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn t you clear this up sooner? well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn t. i left to go out and run the olympics. i did that full-time. relinquished all management authority and role in bain capital after february 1999. how do you explain that discrepancy? you said publicly you left the firm in 1999. weren t you concerned at some point these filings mi
something he rarely does. he talked with cnn s national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. governor, thanks for joining us. let s talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i ll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn t you clear this up sooner? well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn t. i went out and did that full time. relinquished all management authority and role in bain capital after february 1999. how do you explain that discrepan discrepancy? you said publicly you left the firm in 1999. weren t you concerned at some point these
in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the race for president of the united states is getting more brutal by the day. we begin this hour with mitt romney responding to a firestorm of controversy, surrounding his taxes and his time at bain capital. and he s accusing the obama campaign of stooping to a new low. our national political correspondent jim acosta had a chance on friday to interview romney. it was an excellent interview. thank you. and there were some real nuggets that we got out of it. that s right, wolf. the main issue we wanted to get to wasis role at bain capital and when he left that private investment firm. we asked mitt romney why his name still appears on government documents as the ceo of bain capital after 1999, the year he has said he left the company. that i left any role at bain capital in february of 99. and that s known and said by the people at the firm. it s said by the documents, off
he talked with cnn s national political correspondent jim acosta this evening. governor, thanks for joining us. let s talk first about this controversy over when you left bain capital. i ll put one of the documents in question up on screen. their sec filing stating that you were ceo at bain capital past 1999. when you say you left bain to run the olympics. why was your name still on these documents? and why didn t you clear this up sooner? well, i was the owner of an entity that is filing that information. but i had no role whatsoever in the management of bain capital after february of 1999. not that that would have been a problem to have said i was with the firm beyond that but i simply wasn t. i left to go out and run the olympics. i did that full-time. relinquished all management authority and role in bain capital after february 1999. how do you explain that discrepancy? you said publicly you left the firm in 1999. weren t you concerned at some point these filings mi