Leaked Audio Exposes Oil Gas Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Access to Trump Officials

div class=field field--name-field-hp-author field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenJon Queally, staff writer/div/div/divdiv class=field field--name-field-email-teaser field--type-text field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenA newly-leaked audio recording reveals that oil and gas executives in a private meeting were giddy with laughter in the summer of 2017 as they rejoiced over the unprecedented access they were being given to the highest levels of the Trump administration, boasting about their ability to have closed-door meetings with top officials and the ascendence of their own industry colleagues to some of the most powerful seats of government./div/div/divdiv class=field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hiddendiv class=field__itemsdiv class=field__item evenimg class= src=https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_bernhardt.jpg?itok=trhMRy0E width=420 height=220 alt= //div/div/div