The head of the US state Department was accused of using the alias

Rex Tillerson

U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson used the alias Wayne Trucker and the account for correspondence with senior officials of ExxonMobil from 2008 to 2015. About it reports The Independent.

According to the publication, the fictional name came up during a protracted trial opened in new York. In the case hearing the claim of a number of investors in ExxonMobil, who suspect the oil giant in the introduction is misleading and fraud.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs demanded from ExxonMobil to provide additional documents, in particular correspondence for senior management on the impact of global warming on the oil business. Then in the case and appeared Wayne Trucker. As stated by the attorney General of the state of new York Eric Schneiderman, Tillerson used an alias and was on his email account to discuss with colleagues the risks associated with global climate change.

“Mr. Tillerson used account for safe and fast communication between the elected senior officers of the company and the former President on a wide range of issues related to the business, once on his main account too many messages,” — said in this connection, the representative of Exxon Alan Jeffers.

The press Secretary of one of the environmental groups involved in the proceedings, Jamie Henn said that the conduct of correspondence on behalf of the fictional entity in itself arouses suspicion. “If he had nothing to hide, why use a pseudonym?” — it asked a question.

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