Silencing Dissenters

3 11, 2017

Carmichael Times: CA Attorney General Sued for Public Records Release Already Shared with Green Activists Groups

2017-11-06T16:41:31-05:00November 3rd, 2017|AG Collusion, California, Conflict of Interest, Press Releases, Scandal, Silencing Dissenters, Suits|

Sacramento, CA (MPG) - The Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) has filed suit under California's Public Records Act (PRA) against the state's Attorney General Xavier Becerraa for withholding all but one email showing or mentioning its work with partisan and environmentalist activists to use law enforcement in going after opponents of the "climate" political agenda".  Under Kamala Harris, [...]

25 10, 2017

Inside Sources: E&E Legal Attorney Disappointed by Lack of Cooperation From Former Vermont AG

2017-11-14T16:17:44-05:00October 25th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Media Coverage, Silencing Dissenters, Suits, Vermont|

by Erin Mundahl Inside Sources This week, Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), the non-profit group engaged in litigation and public education on energy and environmental issues continued its slow pursuit of records relating to former Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell’s involvement in the ExxonKnew campaign. For more than a year, E&E Legal has [...]

24 10, 2017

Press Release: E&E Legal Re-Argues in NY Court Over Previously Obscured Schneiderman GMail Account in ‘Climate-RICO’ Scheme

2017-10-24T09:15:14-04:00October 24th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, New York, Press Releases, Richardson, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Suits|

New York, NY - Attorneys for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), a nonprofit public watchdog group, today appeared in front of the New York Supreme Court in the latest chapter of an ongoing struggle to obtain public records relating to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's “climate-RICO” scheme to pursue political opponents from the State's [...]

23 10, 2017

Media Advisory: E&E Legal Lead Attorney Matt Hardin Press Availability to Discuss Former VT AG William Sorell’s Deposition Regarding Co-Leading Climate RICO Scheme with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

2017-10-23T08:56:31-04:00October 23rd, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Press Releases, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, Suits, Vermont|

Burlington, VT  - Matthew Hardin, lead attorney for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), is available at 1:00 p.m. today to discuss this morning's deposition of former Vermont Attorney General William Sorell.  Sorrell was initially scheduled to appear at a deposition on October 4, but he didn't show.  He and his attorney, current Vermont Attorney General Donovan, filed motions with the [...]

12 10, 2017

Press Release: E&E Legal Clarifies Office of Attorney General Misrepresentations in Case Involving Use of Non-Official Email Accounts for Official Business

2017-10-12T14:52:04-04:00October 12th, 2017|AG Collusion, Hardin, Press Releases, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Suits, Vermont|

Washington, D.C. -  In a press release today, the Vermont Office of Attorney General misrepresented legal pleadings, pleadings by which E&E Legal seeks enforcement of Vermont’s sunshine law to reveal "official records created by or in the custody of former employees", specifically described public records "which records relate to the Office of Attorney General." E&E Legal [...]

4 10, 2017

VT Digger: Judge: Sorrell must sit for deposition in public records case

2017-10-10T13:51:10-04:00October 4th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Suits, Vermont|

by Morgan True VT Digger BURLINGTON — Vermont’s former attorney general has been ordered to answer questions under oath about the possible existence of public records that the state says are confidential. The legal decision Wednesday was a major victory for a nonprofit that is suing Vermont for records related to a probe of Exxon [...]

4 10, 2017

Seven Days: Former AG Sorrell Skips Deposition, Sparks War of Words

2017-10-10T13:46:18-04:00October 4th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Media Coverage, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, Stonewalling, Suits, Vermont|

by Alicia Freese Seven Days Former Vermont attorney general Bill Sorrell didn’t show up Wednesday morning for a deposition related to a case brought by the industry-funded Energy & Environment Legal Institute, which claimed Sorrell flouted court procedure by skipping the proceeding. For more than a year, the Washington, D.C.-based group has sought records from [...]

4 10, 2017

Daily Caller: Former AG Fails To Appear For Court-Ordered Testimony On Role In A Climate Crusade

2017-10-10T13:19:58-04:00October 4th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Media Coverage, Richardson, RICO, Silencing Dissenters, States, Vermont|

by Chris White The Daily Caller Foundation A federal judge ordered a former Vermont attorney general to testify about his use of private emails in an investigation targeting oil producers after the Democratic official refused to appear in court for a deposition hearing addressing the probe. Judge Mary Teachout, who serves on the Vermont Superior [...]

4 10, 2017

Press Release: Former VT AG and Climate Crusade Co-Ringleader William Sorrell Defies Court Order Joining Him to Lawsuit, Skips Deposition on Private E-mail Use

2017-10-04T16:40:43-04:00October 4th, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Press Releases, Richardson, Silencing Dissenters, Suits, Vermont|

Burlington, VT- After a court order, nearly a year of legal wrangling and constant stonewalling about records relating to former Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell's involvement in the scandalous climate-RICO cabal exposed by the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), Sorrell has now defied the Court order joining him to the lawsuit and refused to [...]

31 08, 2017

True North Reports: Vermont AG office fights records request for a year only to say records don’t exist

2017-09-05T17:46:12-04:00August 31st, 2017|AG Collusion, Conflict of Interest, Hardin, Media Coverage, Silencing Dissenters, Suits, Vermont|

by Michael Bielawski True North Reports After a yearlong court battle against a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office says it has no records to turn over relating to a multi-state investigation of groups opposed to climate change policies. Attorney General TJ Donovan’s office on Monday sent a letter to the Energy and Environment [...]

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