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Saturday, October 08, 2011

Former Obama Fundraiser Pushed For Solyndra Loan

Energy official had pledged to recuse himself because of his wife's law firm ties

An Energy Department adviser and former fundraiser for President Barack Obama pushed for a California solar company to receive a half-billion federal loan, despite pledging to recuse himself because his wife's law firm represented the company, newly released emails show.

The emails show that Steve Spinner, a former Obama fundraiser who helped monitor a clean energy loan guarantee program, was more actively involved in a loan for Solyndra LLC than administration officials have acknowledged.

Also revealed in the emails: A top Treasury Department official complained that the Energy Department was keeping her agency in the dark about Solyndra's precarious financial situation.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

follow the money. they're all crooks even at the highest level. bo should be impeached. i know he won't be; but i pray we can make it through another year +.

Anonymous said...

Everyone with the least amount of insight knows what happened here.What french fries my butt is the dems are asking for more money to do the same thing but they are calling it a jobs bill.This is the worst and most corrupt administration in my lifetime.