'Tremendous Risk to the Taxpayer': Biden-Harris Admin Awarded $400 Million to Energy Companies Linked to Foreign Adversaries, Watchdog Finds

The Biden-Harris administration awarded at least $400 million to energy companies with "suspected ties to foreign entities of concern," according to an inspector general report published on Monday.

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Under the Wire: Biden Admin To Lend $6 Billion to EV Company Just Before Leaving Office

President Joe Biden's Energy Department announced on Monday that it plans to lend $6 billion to Rivian—a company that only makes electric vehicles—to build an electric car factory in Georgia just before Biden leaves office.

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Energy Department Quadruples Lending Budget in Rush To Approve 'Green Energy' Loans Before Trump Takes Office

The Department of Energy loan office quadrupled its available lending budget to over $240 billion this week, as Biden officials rush to approve a flurry of "green energy" loans before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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Federal Investigators Expand Probe of Biden's Energy Loan Program

The chief watchdog office for the Department of Energy is expanding its probe of the Biden administration's $400 billion energy loan program ahead of the presidential election, according to a government contracting notice.

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DOE Poised To Dole Out $400 Million to Energy Company on Brink of Financial Collapse—After Evading Tariffs on Chinese Imports

The Department of Energy is set to give a $400 million loan to a financially troubled battery company that admitted to defrauding the federal government in 2022, according to court records.

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They Were Set To Receive Federal Green Energy Subsidies. A Chinese Company Took Over. Will They Get the Money Anyway?

Last summer, Singapore-based solar energy company Maxeon gave shareholders an exciting update. The company had chosen Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the location for its billion-dollar manufacturing plant—its first in the United States. The plant, Maxeon's American CEO Bill Mulligan said, would help the United States "enhance national energy security."

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David Trone's Financial Disclosures Don't Add Up. Experts Say That Could Land Him in Legal Trouble.

It’s unclear how much Rep. David Trone’s stake in Indiana Fine Wine & Spirits is worth, but it’s enough that the Maryland Democrat pledged it as collateral for a loan worth up to $25 million in August 2020.

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Biden Admin Gives $6.6 Billion to Project Run By Ex-Solyndra CEO

The Biden administration is giving $6.6 billion to a semiconductor project run by the former CEO of Solyndra, the failed solar energy company at the center of an Obama-era scandal over government misspending.

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Energy Company Negotiating $1.6 Billion Loan From Biden Admin Made 'False and Misleading Statements' About Its Business Prospects, Lawsuit Says

A hydrogen fuel company that raked in over $70 million from the Biden administration—and is negotiating a $1.6 billion federal loan—has been hit with a class action lawsuit from investors who claim that company made “false and misleading statements” about its business prospects.

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Testimony From Biden Bookkeeper Eric Schwerin Challenges James Biden’s ‘Loan Repayment’ Coverup

Despite maintaining years-long easy access to Biden’s monies, Schwerin never saw any indication that Biden handed out loans to anyone.