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For example, any closed-door negotiations
might have centered on voluntary cooperation
by Exxon or an agreement that Walker would
scale back the scope of any future demands,
Eubanks said.
Hester said the Virgin Islands can continue its
investigation without subpoenaing documents
from Exxon.
"The AG has the capacityjust like any other law
enforcement or attorney general to access the
public record or discovery produced in other
proceedings," Hester said. "If another attorney
general proceeds with a subpoena and
succeeds they'll have access to that
information. To the extent that there is
congressional testimony, they can access those
documents as well."
Exxon has turned over more than 700,000
pages of documents to the New York attorney
general's office and is continuing to cooperate
with that investigation, said Eric Soufer, a
spokesman for Schneiderman.
Investigators have begun reviewing the
documents, Soufer said, but he declined to
characterize what the records reveal.
The New York attorney general's office has not,
however, shared any of the documents with
other attorneys general and has no plans to do
so, according to Soufer. He did not comment
on whether that was because of an agreement
with Exxon.
Healey also subpoenaed Exxon for documents
going back 40 years and Exxon has
subsequently sued Healey in an attempt to
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