Backed by a legal team from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson laid out his answer this week to critics who claimed his financial ties to Exxon Mobil Corp. would create untenable conflicts of interest if he’s confirmed.
Tillerson, whose confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate is scheduled to start Jan. 11, submitted a nine-page letter on Monday to the State Department’s designated ethics official. In it, Tillerson, the former CEO and chairman of Exxon Mobil, outlined his plans to shed any perceived potential conflicts of interest should he win the job as the nation’s top diplomat.
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