Congress May Seek New Volkswagen Emissions-Cheating Probe

Congress should investigate new allegations that Volkswagen AG diesel cars were sold overseas with rigged software after the company’s $14.7 billion settlement of a cheating scandal in the U.S., a Republican lawmaker said Feb. 21.

A new probe is “almost inevitable,” Rep. Darrell Issa of California, the former chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in a phone interview.

“There is a growing sense executives need to be held accountable,” he said, adding that an earlier settlement reached between U.S. regulators and Volkswagen in 2016 didn’t reflect the scope of current “global conspiracy that we now understand.“ ...