WH rejects Congressional subpoena re Solyndra

[dogtowner]

read

why ? exec privilege ? no. because they don't wanna ? yup.

bad idea so that's good for the GOP.

President Obama's attorney sent a letter to Congressional investigators on Friday, saying the White House would not cooperate with a subpoena requesting documents related to its doling out a $535 million loan guarantee to now bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
"I can only conclude that your decision to issue a subpoena, authorized by a party-line vote, was driven more by partisan politics than a legitimate effort to conduct a responsible investigation," Obama's counsel, Kathryn Ruemmler, wrote in a letter to the top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce committee. (Read Ruemmler's full letter here).
Committee chairman Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich, blasted the White House response:

“We have been reasonable every step of the way in this investigation, and it is a shame that the Obama Administration and House Democrats continue to put up partisan roadblocks to hide the truth from taxpayers. Solyndra was a jobs program gone bad, and we must learn the lessons of Solyndra as we work to turn our economy around and put folks back to work. Our judicious and methodical work over the last eight months has garnered tens of thousands of pages of documents from DOE and OMB that have proven we are on the right track. Now, we need to know the White House’s role in the Solyndra debacle in order to learn the full truth about why taxpayers now find themselves a half billion dollars in the hole. The White House could have avoided the need for subpoena authorizations if they had simply chosen to cooperate. That would have been the route we preferred, and frankly, it would have been better for the White House to get the information out now, rather than continue to drag this out. Our request for documents is reasonable - we are not demanding the President’s blackberry messages as we are respectful of Executive Privilege. What is the West Wing trying to hide? We owe it to American taxpayers to find out.”
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[Pandora]

Can they do that? Is that even legal?

 

[dogtowner]

Can they do that? Is that even legal?

they COULD have argued executive privilege and gotten away with it but this ? not so sure. but it DOES have the intended effect of delaying the truth coming out. long enough ? time will tell. GOP making the right moves on this for a change. they have him and are making sure they are doing it the4 right way. may not be in time to impeach but his legacy will positively stink to high heaven.

 

[Gipper]

How can that be? Obama said his administration is the most ethical and transparent....

 

[dogtowner]

How can that be? Obama said his administration is the most ethical and transparent....

he misspoke, intended to say LEAST, not MOST.

 

[Gipper]

he misspoke, intended to say LEAST, not MOST.

Yeah I guess he just misspoke.

But, he does that a lot.

 

[dogtowner]

Yeah I guess he just misspoke.

But, he does that a lot.

damn telepromptors, cant trust them an y farther than you can throw them....