Just four days into his «America First» administration, U.S. President Donald Trump was delivering for a foreign company — TransCanada Corporation of Calgary.
And when Trump approved the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, he ribbed TransCanada CEO Russ Girling over all the money the company had spent lobbying the previous administration to no avail.
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But the money TransCanada spent in the U.S. went well beyond the millions spent lobbying in Washington, D.C.
For years, the Canadian pipeline company also spent millions influencing local state legislatures and Indigenous communities and allying itself with so-called «dark money» groups that helped sway U.S. public opinion around the Keystone XL pipeline and ultimately install a new oil-friendly administration in Washington.
A new investigation by The Fifth Estate explores the hidden role of money and power in the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline.
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