Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, sent a letter on Wednesday to the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, demanding all communications since 2012 between his office and climate change activist organizations.
The attorneys general, Mr. Smith said, are doing the bidding of environmental activists who set out to make pariahs of Exxon Mobil and its industry in pursuit of policies to limit climate change.
Those activists and the attorneys general, Mr. Smith said in the letter, have secretly collaborated in the years since a two-day workshop in 2012 “to act under the color of law to persuade attorneys general to use their prosecutorial powers to stifle scientific discourse, intimidate private entities and individuals, and deprive them of their First Amendment rights and freedoms.”
Eric Soufer, a spokesman for Mr. Schneiderman, said, “It is remarkable that a do-nothing Congress that has refused to take any action on climate change is now attempting to disrupt this important investigation into potential corporate malfeasance.”
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He added, “Anyone who thinks that Attorney General Schneiderman will be intimidated by this effort has no idea who they’re dealing with.”
Shorter Schneiderman: "Go Fuck Yourself, Lamarr."
Oh nice, they're now defending fraud as a constitutional right.
Well, FOX went to court in Florida to preserve the right to lie to their viewers, so they're in good company.
Zing!
How special, the fossil fuel industry has sent their pet congressman to attack Schneiderman