his wife allison s law firm received $2.4 million for representing number of the companies in the doe loan. this is what the white house put out about spinner. he started in 2009, after the decision to offer solyndra conditional commitment was already made and returned to the private sector before the loan deal was resurrected. he was responsible for monitoring the loan program. he recused himself from the specific loan application in which the spouse s law firm was involved. this is getting specific. there are more developments in the case. back with the panel. charles? one development is a guy called steve wesley. he raises half a million for obama in 2008. he becomes a member of a high level advisory committee to the secretary of energy. secretary chu. now it turns out he has investment in five of the
allison s law firm received $2 million for representing green companies that applied for doe loans. representative spinner told abc news the couple took elaborate steps to avoid conflict between his government work and her legal work. question today about spinner s role, white house spokesman jay carney denied any impropriety. it s my understanding in regard to the gentleman you just mentioned he had no connection to overseeing a loan guarantee program. the white house later added that spiner had no role in the decision-making process. the former ceo of allison spinner s law firm, john b. ruse, now ambassador to japan also raised money for the obama campaign. while congress and the f.b.i. continue to investigate solyndra, some question why doe officials are take nothing financial risk are allowed to grant any such loans. when you have government bureaucrats even if they come from the venture capitalist community making these decisions, they don t have skin in the game. with t