Staff members in Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip’s office had the honor of telling the Obama transition team the Bill Richardson grand jury probe was more “significant” than he’d indicated, the WaPo says.
And since we’re on the subject of Obama’s diffiiculties in finding a Commerce Secretary who can get confirmed, remember Penny 
Pritzker? The Chicago billionaire-Obama advisor/fundraiser was floated as potential Commerce Secretary but swiftly demurred. The Pritzker empire (the family owns Hyatt hotels) was pioneering in the use of off-shore trusts to shield their fortune from taxes. And Penny Pritzker also helped lead a bank that pioneered sub-prime mortgages that collapsed amid allegations of unsound financial practices and predatory lending. Now that would have been a 
confirmation hearing.
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