by April McCullum Burlington Free Press Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan is seeking to limit the public's ability to inquire about government records stored on personal email accounts, a move he says will preserve the privacy of officials across the state. In a case that could have broad implications for government transparency in Vermont, Donovan [...]
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 [...]
by Erin Mundahl InsideSource As the year passes, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s case against ExxonMobil grinds on, slowly drawing in a broader circle of state officials outside of New York with questionable ties to the case. On Wednesday, Bill Sorrell, Vermont’s longest-serving Attorney General, was due at the courthouse in Burlington, Vermont. Sorrell’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Matthew Hardin, FME Law Counsel E&E Legal first sued the Vermont Attorney General in June of 2016, seeking records related to that Office's role in organizing a "climate-RICO" cabal among activist attorneys general, and private activists, targeting political opponents. Ordinarily, in public records suits, the law allows for a speedy resolution, because the law [...]
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 [...]
by Elizabeth Hewitt VT Digger After fighting for a year not to release documents to a Washington-based nonprofit, the Vermont attorney general’s office now says there are no relevant records. Chief Assistant Attorney General Bill Griffin responded late Monday to a July court order that the state turn over records relevant to a request by [...]
