The Obama Administration has an interesting take on responding to subpoenas: Ignoring them.

The White House on Friday all but refused to turn over the documents House Republicans have subpoenaed on bankrupt solar firm Solyndra, firing off a letter saying the request would put an “unreasonable burden on the president’s ability to meet his constitutional duties.”

The administration says it’s already handed over 85,000 documents — which is nice but irrelevant.

We’re talking about a politically-motivated expenditure of $535 million in taxpayer funds, money which has now been lost and yet to be recovered. The number of documents needed to discover the true story behind that loan is irrelevant.

Especially since many of the documents the White House has turned over are unrelated and were not requested by Congress. They’re just turning over documents so they can say they’re turning over a certain number of documents — they’re not actually complying with the investigation.

“The Committee’s extremely broad request for documents — now a subpoena — is a significant intrusion on Executive Branch interests,” she wrote, saying she can only conclude the subpoena was “driven more by partisan politics than a legitimate effort to conduct a responsible investigation.”

Ah yes, because when the president and his advisers decide to funnel $535 million in taxpayer to supporters the only explanation for people wanting answers is that they’re driven by partisan politics.

And apparently requesting documents from the Energy Department’s loan process related to a solar panel company proves a “significant intrusion on Executive Branch interests”. What would those “interests” be? Funneling as much money to supporters as Obama can before voters toss him from office?