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Solyndra LLC Chief Executive Officer Brian Harrison will decline to answer questions this week at the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s investigation hearing into the failure of the solar-panel manufacturer.
“Mr. Harrison intends to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in response to any questions asked by this subcommittee and will not provide testimony,” Walter Brown, a lawyer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco representing Harrison, wrote today to the investigations panel.
The letter, obtained today, cited the Sept. 8 FBI raid on Solyndra’s Fremont, California, offices and a Justice Department investigation into the company, which got about $527 million in U.S. loan guarantees from President Barack Obama’s administration. The company sought bankruptcy protection two days before the raid by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
Jan Nielsen Little, an attorney at Keker & Van Nest LLP in San Francisco representing Stover, said in a letter, “it would be irresponsible for anyone in his position” to testify before the House committee given the federal investigation.
Originally posted by Destinyone
Nothing says "guilty" like zipping your lips...LOL
It has to tie in with information the FBI found during the raid of their corporate offices.
This is NOT going to just go away....much to the current administrations chagrin.
Originally posted by Destinyone
Nothing says "guilty" like zipping your lips...LOL
Originally posted by Vikus
"Solyndra Chief Won’t Answer U.S. House Queries"
Translation:
"Solyndra Chief Doesn't Want to be Found Face Down in a Ditch"
"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.
Originally posted by Vikus
And it looks like the execs aren't the only ones that don't want to talk.
WH rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs
"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.
It looks like Obama doesn't have to talk either. Our Dear Leader really is above the law.