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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is calling for an independent investigator to look into a $528 million loan approved by the Energy Department for a now-bankrupt solar-energy company.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, saying an outside lawyer is needed to probe the loan approved for California-based Solyndra, which declared bankruptcy this month and laid off its 1,100 workers.
The FBI and the Energy Department’s inspector general are investigating the Solyndra loan, which became a flash point over subsidies for so-called green jobs.
