Report: Tillerson violated sanctions with Iran, Syria

Posted by | January 10, 2017 14:30 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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ExxonMobil did business with Iran, Syria and Sudan through a European subsidiary while President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of State was a top executive of the oil giant and those countries were under U.S. sanctions as state sponsors of terrorism, Securities and Exchange Commission filings show.

That business connection is likely to surface Wednesday at a confirmation hearing for ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The sales were conducted in 2003, 2004 and 2005 by Infineum, in which ExxonMobil owned a 50% share, according to SEC documents unearthed by American Bridge, a Democratic research group.

ExxonMobil told USA TODAY the transactions were legal because Infineum, a joint venture with Shell Corporation, was based in Europe and the transactions did not involve any U.S. employees.

 

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7 responses to Report: Tillerson violated sanctions with Iran, Syria

  1. amersham1046 January 10th, 2017 at 15:56

    smoke and mirrors, the first hint of a cover up

  2. Mike January 10th, 2017 at 16:11

    Draining the swamp ain’t easy …

    • Suzanne McFly January 10th, 2017 at 16:47

      Filling it seems amazingly simple though, doesn’t it?

      • Mike January 10th, 2017 at 20:11

        It’s like he’s replacing the gators and pythons with crocs and, piranhas.

        • Suzanne McFly January 10th, 2017 at 20:47

          Making the slimy swamp creatures in the past not look so bad.

  3. Willys41 January 10th, 2017 at 20:37

    Corporate executives don’t give a damn about law or treaties until it’s their fanny getting arrested and tossed in the slammer.

  4. William January 10th, 2017 at 21:36

    So? Ve get stupid orange man nice sexy Slovenian women yes? Then make orange man president and you his minister oil deals no? Is good Comrade eh?https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8c8078042787b60b528fbee7a4a043d66db39ea25456056c4525eb1f55522309.png ? W

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