House investigators are preparing to subpoena documents of all communications from the Obama White House concerning the $535 million loan guarantee to bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra.
The oversight panel of the House Energy and Commerce committee has made several prior requests for the documents, only to be shut down by the Obama White House, not once, but twice. Now the committee will meet next Thursday to consider whether to formally issue a subpoena for the documents, which would force Obama to have to invoke executive privilege to avoid their release — a potentially embarrassing spectacle for the administration.
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