ABC Grows a Pair: Covers DNC Big Money Corruption
The Obama campaign rolled out the red carpet this week for a former top Energy Department official who was at the center of the ill-fated government loan to Solyndra, a California solar panel firm that wound up in bankruptcy.
Steven J. Spinner joined other top fundraisers for a VIP tour of the Democratic National Convention floor in Charlotte Monday evening, posing and waving for a photographer while standing behind the podium. When he saw ABC News cameras, however, he ran for the exit.
Spinner was last in the headlines in October, when emails surfaced showing he had pushed for the Solyndra loan from his post in the Energy Department, apparently in an effort to score the loan as a political victory for President Obama.
Brian Ross also covered the big money operatives supporting Mitt Romney.
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@abcworldnews Red Carpet for #Solyndra Figure at Dem ConventionDOE Official Who Pushed for Loan Gets VIP Tour abcn.ws/OQowfi #dnc2012
— Brian Ross (@BrianRoss) September 4, 2012