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ND Authorities Suspect Former WH Adviser Is Keeping Feds From Pipeline Protests
[Daily Caller] Local law enforcement in North Dakota says a former White House staffer -- who is related to an important player in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests -- is using her political influence to keep federal authorities from assisting local authorities from removing demonstrators from the Dakota Access Pipeline site.Morton County Commission Chairman Cody Schulz recently called out Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault saying, "The Standing Rock Tribal Council recently voted to move the large protest camp currently located on Army Corp of Engineer property to Tribal land west of the town of Cannonball." He went on to say, "In the past two days protesters have instead begun to relocate and trespass on private property closer to the pipeline path. [Chairman Archambault] must condemn this action and do everything he can to comply with the wishes of the Standing Rock Tribal Council." Archambault has a powerful ally who worked in the White House -- his own sister Jodi Gillette. According to The Bismarck Tribune, Gillette was a senior policy adviser on Native American Affairs For President Obama. The Tribune notes that Gillette could not work on issues related to Standing Rock because of the conflict of interest owing to her status as a tribal member and familial relation to the chairman. Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-28 |
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