On #ExxonKnew, When is Enough, Enough?
Monday October 17, 2016
A federal district judge’s order last week (which requires Massachusetts district Attorney General Maura Healey to provide additional information to determine if she initiated a “bad faith” investigation into ExxonMobil) raises the important question: when is enough, enough? At this stage it’s pretty clear that the Democratic AGs’ #ExxonKnew campaign is dead. It’s just a matter of time before they find a way to bow out as quietly as possible.
But it might not be that easy to make an inconspicuous exit, as it looks like they’re going to end up in full damage control mode. There’s no question this order will dive even further into the inner workings of the #ExxonKnew campaign, exposing materials that would never see the light of day otherwise, including additional documents, depositions and inquiries. As Wall Street Journal columnist Holman Jenkins Jr. put it in a recent interview, this could be “very embarrassing” for Healey – and as for Schneiderman “He’s lucky just to come away from this with egg on his face.” Here’s the video and full text of the interview:
Holman (:27): Yeah, this is a federal judge in Texas basically he gave Exxon the right to demand the notes and phone records and emails of Maura Healy, the Massachusetts Attorney General who is one of the attorney generals leading this crusade against Exxon for supposedly concealing its knowledge of climate science. So basically the judge said there is good evidence in advance of a further investigation that the Massachusetts AG entered this case wi...