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  • Pelosi's brother-in-law is given $737m of taxpayers' money to build giant solar plant

    09/29/2011 3:06:04 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 29 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | September 29, 2011 | By John Stevens and Leon Watson
    Nancy Pelosi is facing accusations of cronyism after a solar energy project, which her brother-in-law has a stake in, landed a $737 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, despite the growing Solyndra scandal. The SolarReserve project is backed by an energy investment fund where the Minority Leader's brother-in-law Ronald Pelosi is second in command. Tom Schatz, president of Washington-based advocacy group Citizens Against Government Waste, said: 'It is time for a full audit of their activities, their management and their results. 'Candidly, it might be time for the federal government to rethink the whole idea of loan programs.'