"The charge is completely untrue," said White House

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White House Denies Charge By Attorney that Administration Threatened to Destroy Investment Firm's Reputation

A leading bankruptcy attorney representing hedge funds and money managers told ABC News Saturday that Steve Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration's Auto Industry Task Force, threatened one of the firms, an investment bank, that if it continued to oppose the administration's Chrysler bankruptcy plan, the White House would use the White House press corps to destroy its reputation.

The White House and a spokesperson for the investment bank in question challenged the accuracy of the story.

"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...uptcy-atto.html

Edited May 4, 2009 by Mister_Bill

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this should be interesting.

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"A Perella Weinberg Partners spokesperson told ABC News on Sunday that “The firm denies Mr. Lauria’s account of events.”

Also from this story.

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White House Denies Charge By Attorney that Administration Threatened to Destroy Investment Firm's Reputation

A leading bankruptcy attorney representing hedge funds and money managers told ABC News Saturday that Steve Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration's Auto Industry Task Force, threatened one of the firms, an investment bank, that if it continued to oppose the administration's Chrysler bankruptcy plan, the White House would use the White House press corps to destroy its reputation.

The White House and a spokesperson for the investment bank in question challenged the accuracy of the story.

"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...uptcy-atto.html

Now if only there was some sort of evidence to substantiate his claims. Pure conjecture otherwise.

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This should be really interesting.

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"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

Case closed.

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Destroy what reputation? Chrysler doesn't have one does it? Oh, it's some hedge fund bank, well yeah, they seem to be completely honest guys too

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"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

Case closed.

Sorry, but Hannity Evidence doesn't mean anything. You can't just throw out something and then say "Prove me wrong". If he's accusing someone of some sort of malfeasance, then you're going to have to provide something to prove it.

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"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

Case closed.

Sorry, but Hannity Evidence doesn't mean anything. You can't just throw out something and then say "Prove me wrong". If he's accusing someone of some sort of malfeasance, then you're going to have to provide something to prove it.

Why be so defensive? No evidence. No problem. It's just one obviously sleazy attorney making unfounded accusations.

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"The charge is completely untrue," said White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton, "and there's obviously no evidence to suggest that this happened in any way."

Case closed.

Sorry, but Hannity Evidence doesn't mean anything. You can't just throw out something and then say "Prove me wrong". If he's accusing someone of some sort of malfeasance, then you're going to have to provide something to prove it.

Why be so defensive? No evidence. No problem. It's just one obviously sleazy attorney making unfounded accusations.

lol, i'm not defensive, I don't tend to watch fox news much, so I doubt the story will be given much attention.