Trump pick for Energy secretary sits on Dakota Access Pipeline company’s board

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Donald Trump‘s pick for Energy secretary, Rick Perry, sits on the board of directors of Energy Transfer Partners, the company whose Dakota Access Pipeline has been fiercely opposed by Native American tribes and their allies.

Dallas-based Energy Transfer’s top executive and other employees also contributed millions of dollars to support the former Texas governor’s short-lived 2015 bid for the White House.

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