How curious it is that the Obama Administration decided to release some more documents related to the Solyndra scandal on a Friday. A day that any news released is most certainly going to be overlooked by the friends of Obama, our media.
So they release 135 pages of documents AND rejected the House of Representatives subpoena for the rest.
Man, all this time I figured you couldn’t refuse a subpoena…..silly me I suppose eh?
The White House on Friday rejected House Republicans’ subpoena for all internal communications related to the $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee, instead providing 135 pages of documents that administration officials say meet the “legitimate oversight interests” of congressional investigators.
In a letter to top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee Friday, White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler said the documents “do not contain evidence of favoritism to political supporters or any wrongdoing by the White House in connection with the Solyndra loan guarantee.”
An administration official said the documents offer little new insight into the loan guarantee to the failed solar panel maker.
“The Bottom line: No news here. It’s the same stuff you’ve seen before,” the administration officials said. “There’s no evidence of any wrongdoing.”
…The White House withheld about a dozen pages of documents related to the restructuring of the loan guarantee “because of the deliberative nature of the communications.” Ruemmler offered to make the documents available to committee staff for review.
Ruemmler said the White House is cooperating with the investigation. But she also blasted Republicans for issuing such a broad subpoena.
“[W]e continue to have serious concerns about the unnecessary burdens and institutional encroachment on the White House imposed by the Committee’s approach to this investigation,” she said.
The breadth of the subpoena, White House officials have said, would have presented a major logistical hurdle for staff, who would have been required to provide every document that mentioned the California solar panel maker.
So that’s the excuse for refusing to comply with a subpoena. It would just be too hard on the staff.
Really? I mean really?
But hey, they decided to find 135 pages and miracles of miracles…none of them showing any wrongdoing.
So I guess the issue is settled.
Just a few minor questions remaining like, for example, why did Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the head of Energy’s loan program, Jonathan Silver, lie about Solyndra’s finances?
But I doubt there would be any documents about that.
Sigh….
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This posting MUST be removed, forthwith, because it suggests that the Administration is hiding something because it is refusing to release the documents demanded by the Committee. All readers are reminded that the current Administration is the most transparent in history.
Cronyism in our government is the most insidious form of corruption.
Consider also what just happened in a federal court in Texas. In this case, As described at LawInjustice.com , a Dallas business owner was involved in a civil dispute and paid millions of dollars to lawyers, and when he objected to additional fees after settling the case, they had a “friendly” judge, appointed by President Clinton, seize all of his possessions, without any notice or hearing, and essentially ordered him under “house arrest” as an involuntary servant to the lawyers and denied a jury trial. The business owner has been under this “servant” order for 10 months and is prohibited from owning any possessions, prohibited from working, etc..
Nice, but the real question is what are the useless Republicans going to do about this?
Nothing.
Teats on a bull.
Nothing to hide here people…let’s just move along…let’s just keep moving….
When can we impeach this gang of corrupt thugs in the White House?
Ruemmler said the White House is cooperating with the investigation. But she also blasted Republicans for issuing such a broad subpoena.
Yea!! OK. Right. AS IF the DEMOCRATS Would NOT HAVE DONE THE SAME OR WORSE. I thought they [anyone] had to lawfully abide by a subpoena? Oh, just not the Obama administration…they are, what? … Above the Law always?
What Scum…
Bunch of Lying Seething Hypocrites … makes me want to stick a fork in my eye.
No big deal. It’s like getting a big trafffic ticket, and only paying as much of the fine as you think is fair. I mean, who hasn’t done that?
There is a unique aspect to emails: there is always a transmitter and a receiver. The FBI descended on the offices of Solyndra almost immediately following the bankruptcy and seized all the records and computers. All of these emails can be followed up on through the records of Solyndra; unless, the move to seize the records was strictly a political move by the Obama Administration to put the records away from scrutiny, but wait, that isn’t possible, Obama and his thugs are transparent and above reproach. Yea right! Obama and his crew would be serving time if they weren’t politicians.
@TexEd: #1
Transparent in the sense that we can see through him and know when he is lying. What is really had to tell, is when he tells the truth. It happens so little.
Insolent, power drunk Team Obama at it again
If you want the truth U have to beat it out of them,
but with Solyndra and Fast n Furious reality at long last closing in
Wait… isn’t refusal to comply to a Supoena a violation of law that’s an arrestable offense?
Or is that only applied to Citizens and Residents that don’t have any encumbered political seats?