Federal judge orders AG Healey to travel to Texas for ExxonMobil deposition

Federal judge orders AG Healey to travel to Texas for ExxonMobil deposition

DALLAS — A federal judge has ordered Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to travel to the Lone Star State next month to answer questions, under oath, from attorneys representing ExxonMobil, who allege Healey conspired with environmental activists and engaged in a political "witch hunt" with other progressive state attorneys generals when she issued the energy giant a civil investigation demand.

Last spring Healey and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman pounced on ExxonMobil in an effort to force the company to cough up 40 years' worth of internal records, documents they claim will show that ExxonMobil scientists knew of the energy giant's role in climate change and intentionally covered up relevant information.