Trump Attorney Behind Racketeering Lawsuit Against Standing Rock Groups

FEATURING STEVE HORN – The most important political movement of last year was unarguably the Standing Rock actions in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Indigenous “water protectors” led an impressive fight against massive fossil fuel interests at the helm of environmentalists, veterans, labor organizers, and others expressing solidarity against the pipeline.

Now, after Donald Trump approved the pipeline project, lawyers associated with the President are representing the pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners in a $300 million “racketeering” lawsuit against environmental organizations like Greenpeace for losing them billions of dollars in business.

Read Steve Horn’s article HERE.

Steve Horn, Research Fellow for DeSmogBlog and a freelance investigative journalist. He just wrote an article called Trump Attorney Sues Greenpeace Over Dakota Access in $300 Million Racketeering Case.