With Energy Secretary Steven Chu set to testify Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the government’s $573 million loan to failed solar panel maker Solyndra, an explosive new list of energy loan amounts to President Obama’s top
by Wynton Hall16 Nov 2011, 8:04 PM PST0
Prior to the release of Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer’s blockbuster book, Throw Them All Out, legislative efforts to pass a bill banning insider trading by members of Congress had floundered. But all that is changing–and fast. Congressman Tim Walz (D-MN)
by Wynton Hall16 Nov 2011, 10:33 AM PST0
Wall Street Journal opinion writer Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. has cavalierly dismissed the explosive congressional insider trading scandal uncovered this week by Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer and 60 Minutes. Jenkins calls the fact that members of Congress are abusing their
by Wynton Hall16 Nov 2011, 8:03 AM PST0
President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert Kennedy, Jr., netted a $1.4 billion bailout for his company, BrightSource, through a loan guarantee issued by a former employee-turned Department of Energy official. It’s just one more in a string of eye-opening revelations
by Wynton Hall16 Nov 2011, 4:26 AM PST0
With a new congressional insider trading scandal unfolding in Washington, another name has been added to the hit parade: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). In the new blockbuster tell-all Throw Them All Out, investigative reporter and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer
by Wynton Hall15 Nov 2011, 11:15 AM PST0
In the wake of the $700 billion TARP bailout, Warren Buffett apparently shaped a plan to clean up toxic assets that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner later adopted–resulting in massive profits for Buffett. That’s the latest bombshell revelation from investigative journalist
by Wynton Hall15 Nov 2011, 4:09 AM PST0
U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus (R-AL) had access to highly sensitive financial information during the 2008 bailout debates that may have helped him earn tens of thousands of dollars by trading stock options, even as most Americans’ portfolios took a beating.
by Wynton Hall13 Nov 2011, 6:02 PM PST0
Former Speaker of the House–and current Minority Leader–Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings (IPO) in American history, thwarted serious credit card reform for
by Wynton Hall13 Nov 2011, 4:32 PM PST0