E-mails show more officials were concerned about Solyndra loan

Concerns that it might be illegal to let private investors recover their money before taxpayers if Solyndra went bankrupt were more widespread within the Obama administration than previously known, documents released on Friday show.

As Energy Department officials moved toward restructuring a half-billion dollar loan to Solyndra in February, the chief financial officer at the Treasury Department's Federal Financing Bank wrote to them questioning plans to put taxpayers second in line for repayment. The official, Gary Burner, urged the agency to seek legal advice from the Justice Department.

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N.C. Aizenman 15 Oct, 2011

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