Posted on 09/09/2011 10:34:26 AM PDT by sunmars
CEO and founder of politically connected company questioned on day of raid. Now some Democrats wonder if they'd been misled
Federal agents have expanded their examination of the now-bankrupt California solar power company Solyndra, searching the homes of the company's chief executive, a founder, and a former executive, examining computer files and documents, the Center for Public Integrity's iWatch News and ABC News have learned.
Agents visited the homes of CEO Brian Harrison and company founder Chris Gronet. Agents also visited the home of a third executive involved in the company from the start, according to a source who agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity because of the legal sensitivity of the situation.
Gronet, reached at his home Friday morning, did not dispute that his home was searched by federal agents a day earlier.
Im sorry, Gronet said in an interview. You probably understand full well that I cannot comment.
Solyndra spokesman David Miller confirmed agents visited Harrisons home on Thursday, when the FBI and Energy Department Inspector General arrived at the company's headquarters in Fremont, Calif., seizing boxes of records.
Yeah, they did go to his house and speak to him briefly, Miller said. I dont know what they may have taken. I believe they took a look at his computer.
The third executive, identified by the source, could not be reached for comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at iwatchnews.org ...
Democrats claim they were misled?
The Democrats thought the guys at Soylandra were stand up guys and would never turn them in. The Democrats agreed to the usual 20% return on each tax dollar supplied only to find they only got 10% when the totals came out.
You hit the nail on the head. Theyre scrubbing evidence of 0’s collusion, as he was the one who FAST TRACKED their ‘loan’, or should I say theft of half a billion $$.
Which we know will end up in DNC coffers come election time.
Seems like an ace card for Republicans, if they’re willing to use it.
Mainstream Media Reporter: “Mr. Republican Congressman, why aren’t you supporting President Obama’s new American Jobs Bill?”
Republican Congressman: “The president is an expert at spending lots of borrowed money, but has a very poor record when it comes to creating sustainable jobs. For example, the Solyndra solar power company. President Obama’s energy department gave them over a half billion dollars, and shortly afterwards, the company went bust and fired all their workers.”
Mainstream Media Reporter: “...uhhhh...”
Next question, are there any politicians on record with Solyndra donations in the last year?
Somehow the Rats will all be the victims before this is done.
Sharp sell off after 0’s speech
Homes of execs.
My friends at BP said many BP employees answered the doorbell to find FBI agents standing there to see them about the Macondo blowout.
Eric Holder knows everything about intimidation. These Solyndra folks are being told to shut up about what they did with the money.
3rd 'Fast and Furious' Gun at Border Agent Murder Scene
The big names in the Obama gang never know anything when the **** hits the fan.
He has beaten Carter for worst president and now he is trying to beat Clinton for most corrupt.
Presented by the Federal Election Commission
Individual Contributions Arranged By Type, Giver, Then Recipient
Non-Federal Receipts “Exempt From Limits”
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/EXECUTIVE
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
06/30/2011 500.00 11931530600
BIERMAN, BEN MR.
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA, INC/EVP OPERATIONS
WOMEN VOTE!
09/12/2010 250.00 10931499697
Total Soft Money: 750.00
Contributions to Political Committees
ALTER, KAREN
PALO ALTO, CA 94301
SOLYNDRA/SVP MARKETING
SANDERS, DAVID AURAM
VIA SANDERS FOR OUR REP
10/30/2010 1000.00 10992355881
ALTER, KAREN L
PALO ALTO, CA 94301
SOLYNDRA/BUSINESS
KHAZEI, ALAN
VIA KHAZEI FOR MASSACHUSETTS
06/30/2011 1000.00 11020244664
BAR-NESS, LESLIE
SAN JOSE, CA 95127
SOLYNDRA, INC/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
CONWAY, JOHN WILLIAM (JACK)
VIA CONWAY FOR SENATE
06/30/2010 250.00 10020494114
BAR-NESS, LESLIE
SAN JOSE, CA 95127
SOLYNDRA/DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT AFF
BALDERAS, HECTOR
VIA BALDERAS FOR NEW MEXICO
06/30/2011 250.00 11020244193
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA INC./VP OPERATIONS
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
07/30/2010 200.00 10931182262
10/27/2010 250.00 10931990232
05/31/2011 500.00 11931714338
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA, INC./SOLYNDRA INC
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
11/23/2009 500.00 29993494644
12/02/2009 200.00 10930245280
09/12/2010 250.00 10931641405
09/12/2010 500.00 10931641405
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA, INC./VP, OPERATIONS
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
09/07/2008 500.00 28933560589
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA, INC/VP OPERATIONS
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
09/07/2008 1000.00 28933816924
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/EUP OPERATIONS ENGINEERI
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
06/30/2010 500.00 10991010164
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/EXECUTIVE
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
06/08/2011 1000.00 11931877785
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/VP ENGINEERING
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
10/06/2006 200.00 26940550300
DECAUX, VINCENT
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107
SOLYNDRA, INC./TECHNOLOGIST
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
02/10/2008 500.00 28930928300
GRONET, CHRISTIAN
PORTOLA VALLEY, CA 94028
SOLYNDRA/CEO
BOXER, BARBARA
VIA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER
06/29/2010 1000.00 10020802429
LOURIS, MICHAEL MR
SAN JOSE, CA 95117
SOLYNDRA/TOOLING MANAGER
SCHIFF, PETER DAVID
VIA SCHIFF FOR SENATE
11/06/2009 2400.00 10020054639
PASETTI, JOE
FREMONT, CA 94538
SOLYNDRA/DIRECTOR GOV’T RELATIONS
FEINSTEIN, DIANNE
VIA FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE
06/28/2010 1000.00 10020511973
PASETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20002
SOLYNDRA/DIRECTOR
BRADY, KEVIN
VIA BRADY FOR CONGRESS
05/17/2010 250.00 10990921936
PASETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20024
SOLYNDRA, INC./GOVERNMENT RELATIO
GIFFORDS, GABRIELLE
VIA GIFFORDS FOR CONGRESS
06/25/2010 250.00 10990857389
PASETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20024
SOLYNDRA/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
MURKOWSKI, LISA
VIA LISA MURKOWSKI FOR US SENATE
08/24/2010 1000.00 10020791465
THOMPSON, MIKE MR.
VIA MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESS
09/15/2010 1000.00 10991378515
PASETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20024
SOLYNDRA/GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
BOXER, BARBARA
VIA FRIENDS OF BARBARA BOXER
03/31/2010 1000.00 10020911177
PASETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20024
SOLYNDRA/LEGAL
GIFFORDS, GABRIELLE
VIA GIFFORDS FOR CONGRESS
10/06/2010 500.00 10931702163
PASETTI, JOSEPH A
WASHINGTON, DC 20002
SOLYNDRA/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
REID, HARRY
VIA FRIENDS FOR HARRY REID
03/30/2010 1000.00 10020202834
PASETTI, JOSEPH A.
WASHINGTON, DC 20002
SOLYNDRA/DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT R
BONO MACK, MARY
VIA MARY BONO MACK COMMITTEE
03/31/2010 500.00 10930583305
PASSETTI, JOSEPH
WASHINGTON, DC 20024
SOLYNDRA/LEGAL
CAMP, DAVID LEE
VIA DAVE CAMP FOR CONGRESS
10/11/2010 1000.00 10931711052
REIDY, SEAN
FOSTER CITY, CA 94404
SOLYNDRA, LLC/ENGINEERING MANAGER
LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC.
07/29/2011 250.00 11932297556
WHITAKER, CORBY C
OAKLAND, MI 48363
SOLYNDRA/EXECUTIVE
HARIDOPOLOS, MIKE
VIA FRIENDS OF MIKE H
02/28/2011 1000.00 11020183820
Total Contributions: 20750.00
Joint Fundraising Contributions
These are contributions to committees who are raising funds to be distributed to other committees. The breakdown of these contributions to their final recipients may appear below
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/VP OF OPERATIONS
OBAMA VICTORY FUND
10/31/2008 300.00 28934781171
Total Joint Fundraising: 300.00
Recipient of Joint Fundraiser Contributions
These are the Final Recipients of Joint Fundraising Contributions
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA, INC
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
11/03/2008 300.00 29990800064
BIERMAN, BEN
FREMONT, CA 94539
SOLYNDRA/VP ENGINEERING
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
10/12/2006 200.00 26940550300
Recipient Total: 500.00
PINGO
Thanks for the ping!
“I think he sounds like someone who knows his records will not see the light of day “
I think you’re on to something. Steve jobs and Steve Woszniak started Apple in a garage. Hewlett and Packard started their preeminent company in a garage in Palo Alto. That is typical of the way successful innovative start-ups begin.
But nothing is too good for start-ups that partner with their friends in the public sector.
Here’s a link to a 2010 article where a “Solyndra spokesman describes the “$535 million loan guarantee that Solyndra received from the Energy Department under the Recovery Act to build this new factory has created 3,000 construction jobs, and the project has been running at least two shifts a day, six days a week since the groundbreaking last September, paying out more than $90 million in union wages.”
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/26/about-the-worker-kerfuffle-at-solyndra/
After the usual suspects are rounded up and those seized files are dumped into the Potomac by the Justice Dept, how much of those construction workers union dues are going to find their way to some “Committee to Reelect Obama”?
Why is the FBI so aggressive? Did Solyndra miss a scheduled bribe?
“We are becomimg a Third World corrupt country.”
We already are.
Great quote from a great man. No wonder Reagan listened to him.
I do believe that the MSM smells blood in the water and that a big name lefty media whoooooore is going to actually vet this creep. FINALLY. I think Solyndra/Fast & Furious/his firing of that old Inspector Gnrl, etc., etc., are going to be some media whore's ticket to save his professional JOURNALIST WITH INTEGRITY’s hide. Then the rest of the creeps will pile on. I'm sure old Chrissy Mathews will be SHOCKED when the truth starts rolling out of the fraud in the WH. Let the spittle fly!
This is going to be one hell of a campaign season!
you forgot to end your sarcasm; /sarcasm. There I fixed it for you.
That should be obvious. It won't happen until the next Republican moves in.
That’s GOT to be unprecedented!
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