White House rejects 'partisan' subpoena on Solyndra documents

platts.com ^ | 4Nov2011/612 pm EDT/2212 GMT | Herman Wang, herman_wang@platts.com

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Washington (Platts)--4Nov2011/612 pm EDT/2212 GMT

The White House Friday rejected a subpoena issued by the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee to produce internal communications and other documents related to now-bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra's $535 million loan guarantee.

In a letter to the Republican leaders of the committee, White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler called the subpoena a partisan "vast fishing expedition" without legal justification.

"The committee's extremely broad request for documents -- now a subpoena -- is a significant intrusion on Executive Branch interests, particularly given that you have not made any effort to tailor the request to the legitimate interests of the committee," Ruemmler wrote.

"Moreover, responding to such an expansive request would require the devotion of substantial resources to gather and review many documents that are of no legitimate oversight interest," she continued.

Aides to the committee's Republicans could not immediately be reached for comment, and it is unclear what their next move would be.

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Late Fri. News dump while Cain makes the news with a non story.

[TheConservator]

This from the “most transparent administration in history!”

[SandRat]

Issue a Contempt of Congress Criminal Arrest Warrant, then serve it then Cuff and Stuff those named in the Arrest Warrant.

[stormhill]

This guy's a constitutional scholar?
Zero has no use for the rule of law!

[Qbert]

“In a letter to the Republican leaders of the committee, White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler called the subpoena a partisan “vast fishing expedition” without legal justification.”

The attack against Cain was a prime example of a vast fishing expedition. Requesting the Solyndra documents is basic fact gathering.

[Paladin2]

Book ‘em, Dano.

[YoungHickey]

...review many documents that are of no legitimate oversight interest,"

If pissing away a half a billion dollars isn't a "legitimate oversight interest" then I don't know what is.

[Venturer]

It;s time to crap or get up off the pot.

We will soon see if the Congress means business.

[FlingWingFlyer]

...and it is unclear what their next move would be.

A raid on the White House by the FBI with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife SWAT/Commando team backing them up sounds good to me.

[Paladin2]

Well then, just ‘splain what the CEO was doin’ occupying the White Hut 17 times.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

"The committee's extremely broad request for documents -- now a subpoena -- is a significant intrusion on Executive Branch interests

This is Obama/Clinton speak for Obama is claiming executive privilege.It seems the WH worded it ever so carefully to not garner the proper headline..."President claims Executive Privilege in Reply to Subpoena".We all know if it were a non democratic President the News would be breaking with the proper 'Nixonian' headline.

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[Diogenesis]

[henkster]

These documents belong to the citizens of the United States, not the current occupant of the White House. I want to see them, I have a right to see them for one simple reason; they are mine.

[blueyon]

“Book um Dano”

[DJ MacWoW]

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[plain talk]

I agree. I don’t want this administration defeated. I want them humiliated and destroyed.

[Drill Thrawl]

Wow, I learned something new today. I had no idea you could reject a subpeona.

Can I haz insurrection now?

[unixfox]

I think the American people would like to know just where the F**K the 550 billion dollars that was confiscated from them by taxation is.

It's taxation WITHOUT representation.

Now...where the hell is it, you pathetic so called pResident!

[SandRat]

and as many of them in Prison as possible for a LONG TIME.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

Is...

"a significant intrusion on Executive Branch interests."

Obama claiming executive privilege in clintonspeak and the MSM will not report this and continue 90 more stories on a non issue regarding Cain?