Now that’s ironic. Emails between the Office of Management and Budget analysts looking at the Energy Department’s loan guarantees to clean energy companies reveal that Solyndra — the solar panel maker that took $535 million in taxpayer money and went belly-up — was the best bet the DoE made.
“What’s terrifying is that after looking at some of the [loan guarantee projects] that came next, this one [Solyndra] started to look better,” one OMB staffer said to another.
Attorney General Eric Holder may have perjured himself, but Energy Secretary Steven Chu is a close second in the shame department. Both should be looking for the exits.