DUBIOUS DEFENSE ON OIL AND GAS CASE
Virginian-Pilot Editorial
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants the public to believe his office intervened in a lawsuit on behalf of powerful interests solely to uphold a state law pertaining to oil and gas drilling.
And, he said, he rejects “in the strongest possible terms” suggestions that his office’s involvement resulted in any way from Big Energy’s big donations to his gubernatorial campaign.
But email exchanges involving a senior assistant attorney general, included in the public case file and posted online at tricities.com, indicate Cuccinelli’s office played a role far greater than the attorney general is willing admit.
