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Jeff Merkley: “You have mentioned that royalties and taxes should go to the government, but in this case Exxon paid--made the payments…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
You have mentioned that royalties and taxes should go to the government, but in this case Exxon paid--made the payments to a private account controlled by the president. Do you see anything wrong with that?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the legality of Exxon’s payments to a private account.

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