Wild Ass Rumor Of The Day: PTFOA Explains The "You Can't Refuse" Part
We’ve already heard the President call out the “hedge fund holdouts,” and we’ve heard reports of “death threats,” but rumors that the PTFOA’s Steve Rattner threatened to “destroy the reputations” of holdout bondholders is the juiciest rumor we’ve heard over the last several wild-ass days. On Friday, bondholder lawyer Tom Lauria told Detroit talk show host Frank Beckman that the White House was taking off the gloves.
“Let me tell you it’s no fun standing on this side of the fence opposing the President of the United States. In fact, let me just say, people have asked me who I represent. That’s a moving target. I can tell you for sure that I represent one less investor today than I represented yesterday.
“One of my clients was directly threatened by the White House and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under the threat that the full force of the White House Press Corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight. That’s how hard it is to stand on this side of the fence.”
He later identified to ABC News the threatener as PTFOA Chair Steve Rattner. The threatenee was reportedly The Perella Weinberg Partners Xerion Fund. Both the White House and Perella Weinberg now deny the story and Perella has fired Lauria.
From the Perella statement:
While we did and still do believe that the lenders would be justified in pressing their objections under conventional bankruptcy law principles, we believe a settlement would now be in the best interests of all parties in the context of avoiding a drawn out contested bankruptcy litigation proceeding, and we encourage our colleagues in the loan syndicate to pursue this immediately.
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Oh, and nobody isn't saying you can't dissent. However, When your dissent is based on two-bit theories of history from political hacks and silly hyperbolic attacks don't be surprised when you're mocked instead of taken seriously.