Rex Tillerson used fake name to discuss climate change while Exxon CEO - Polidicks

[QUOTE][IMG]https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_large/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/16/12/tillerson-g20.jpg[/IMG] New York says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an email alias to discuss climate change while he was Exxon Mobil’s chief executive: Wayne Tracker. [B]Mr Tillerson sent messages from the account to discuss the risks posed by climate change, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a court filing about his office’s fraud investigation of the company.[/B] Mr Tillerson, whose middle name is Wayne, used the Wayne Tracker account on the Exxon system from at least 2008 to 2015, Schneiderman said. Schneiderman made the claim in a letter Monday to Justice Barry Ostrager in New York state court in Manhattan, accusing Exxon of failing to turn over all relevant documents required by a court order. The filing comes in a protracted legal dispute in which Exxon seeks to derail probes by New York and Massachusetts into whether the company misled investors for years about the possible impact of climate change on its business. Mr Tillerson used the account for “secure and expedited communications between select senior company officials and the former chairman for a broad range of business-related topics,” after his primary account began receiving too many messages, Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said in an email.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]“Despite the company’s incidental production of approximately 60 documents bearing the ‘Wayne Tracker’ email address, [B]neither Exxon nor its counsel have ever disclosed that this separate email account was a vehicle for Mr Tillerson’s relevant communications at Exxon, and no documents appear to have been collected from this email account,[/B]” Schneiderman said. The existence of the secondary email account was discovered by Schneiderman’s team while reviewing other Exxon documents. New York claims the Irving, Texas-based energy giant has failed to turn over thousands of relevant files. In addition to climate change, the alias account was also used to discuss other “important matters” that weren’t specified in the letter. Julia Mason, a spokeswoman for the State Department, declined to comment and referred the matter to Exxon. The development “raises a lot of questions” about whether Exxon complied with the subpoena, said Carrie Cohen, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who is now a white-collar criminal-defense lawyer at Morrison & Foerster in New York. “It could be misleading to not tell the attorney general the actual owner of that email address,” said Cohen, who isn’t involved in the dispute.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The investigations are also the subject of a dispute in Washington, where House Republicans are seeking to derail the state probes on the grounds that they seek to silence scientists who disagree with the widely accepted theory that climate change is caused by humans. New York and Massachusetts earlier this month said they’d refuse to comply with subpoenas by the House Committee on Science Space and Technology, setting the stage for a possible legal showdown over state and federal investigatory powers. Texas Representative Lamar Smith, chairman of the committee, argues the probes were started in “bad faith” because the attorneys general had reached their conclusions beforehand after extensive meetings with environmentalists. Schneiderman and Healey reject the allegations and contend the federal government cannot interfere in their investigations. “If they had nothing to hide, then why the secret email account?” said Jamie Henn, a spokesman for the environmental group 350.org, which has supported the state probes into Exxon.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rex-tillerson-used-fake-name-wayne-tracker-climate-change-exxon-mobil-secretary-of-state-a7628611.html"]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rex-tillerson-used-fake-name-wayne-tracker-climate-change-exxon-mobil-secretary-of-state-a7628611.html[/URL]

But why?

[quote]Mr Tillerson used the account for “secure and expedited communications between select senior company officials and the former chairman for a broad range of business-related topics,” after his primary account began receiving too many messages, Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said in an email.[/quote] I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51958953]I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?[/QUOTE] Well, it seems that they didn't originally include these emails in some suit even though they should've. Title makes it sounds like he ran around shilling on various websites, though.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51958953]I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?[/QUOTE] as i understand, they were subpoenaed by the state of New York and told to disclose everything for an investigation, but for some reason they either withheld some of those emails or didn't say that Tillerson was the one who wrote them. [URL="http://time.com/4700576/rex-tillerson-used-email-alias-exxon-climate-change-investigation/"]as TIME says[/URL] [QUOTE]The letter, seen by Reuters, said Exxon had not previously disclosed the alias account. It asked the judge to order Exxon to explain whether documents from the "Wayne Tracker" email and 34 additional accounts assigned to other Exxon executives and board members had been preserved. The letter said that Exxon had produced some 60 documents bearing the "Wayne Tracker" email but never said it was used by Tillerson for relevant communications at Exxon. It asked the court to order Exxon to identify whether any other email accounts were used by Tillerson. "Exxon's top executives, and in particular, Mr. Tillerson, have made multiple representations that are at the center of OAG's (attorney general's office) investigation of potentially false or misleading statements to investors and the public," the letter said.[/QUOTE] so basically more wood on the fire for the AG's investigation. i'm sorry if the title is misleading but i had to cut it down a little so it would fit.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51958953]I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?[/QUOTE] Ah so like Clinton he just did it for convenience.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51958953]I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?[/QUOTE] [quote] accusing Exxon of failing to turn over all relevant documents required by a court order. [/quote] [quote]neither Exxon nor its counsel have ever disclosed that this separate email account was a vehicle for Mr Tillerson’s relevant communications at Exxon, and no documents appear to have been collected from this email account,” Schneiderman said.[/quote] The whole didn't comply with subpoena thing is bad [quote]Despite the company’s incidental production of approximately 60 documents bearing the ‘Wayne Tracker’ email address, neither Exxon nor its counsel have ever disclosed that this separate email account [/quote] Implies it wasn't an accidental omission since they chose to provide some of the documents/emails linked to that account (by fake name)

[QUOTE=Cone;51959052]as i understand, they were subpoenaed by the state of New York and told to disclose everything for an investigation, but for some reason they either withheld some of those emails or didn't say that Tillerson was the one who wrote them. [URL="http://time.com/4700576/rex-tillerson-used-email-alias-exxon-climate-change-investigation/"]as TIME says[/URL] [/QUOTE] Ah okay, that makes much more sense By how the OP reads, I thought the crime was simply using a different email. I was unaware of an investigation that had a subpoena

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51958953]I, too, use a different email when my original one gets filled with too much spam. I don't quite understand the bad part of this?[/QUOTE] same thing with sessions, lots of astrixes all around. they did not turn over all his emails by neglecting to mention this account which directly delt with what the lawsuit claims [editline]14th March 2017[/editline] [quote]Texas Representative Lamar Smith, chairman of the committee, argues the probes were started in “bad faith” because the attorneys general had reached their conclusions beforehand after extensive meetings with environmentalists.[/quote] oh fuck right off, if one person believed the earth was flat then this guy somehow thinks we can't come to any sort of concensus