General Motors Co.’s internal investigation into why it took more than a decade to recall vehicles linked to fatal flaws will lead to employees being dismissed and clear Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra of wrongdoing, Bloomberg News reported today. Barra will deliver Valukas’s findings at a town hall meeting today with employees in suburban Detroit. The investigation isn’t expected to contradict her previous claims that she was unaware of the flawed switch. It will also clear GM’s top lawyer, Michael Millikin, while Ray DeGiorgio, the engineer in charge of the flawed part, will be among a number of employees to depart the company. The report marks a pivotal moment in Barra’s efforts to change the culture of America’s largest automaker after the biggest legal and public-relations challenge since its government-backed bankruptcy in 2009. Barra, who became CEO shortly before the scandal broke, has attempted to persuade Congress and customers that the safety woes reflect the so-called old GM, not the financially healthy, post-bankruptcy version.
