Judge says Democratic AG’s Exxon probe in ‘bad faith’

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A federal judge in Texas is questioning the motivations behind a Democratic state attorney general’s investigation into oil giant Exxon Mobil over climate change.

Judge Ed Kinkeade of the federal district court of Texas issued a preliminary discovery order Thursday in which he said he suspected Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey acted in “bad faith” by subpoenaing the company for decades of records and emails on the issue of climate change.

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