Personal Conflicts With The Oil Industry

• Doug Burgum, according to paperwork filed as a part of his failed presidential campaign, leases his own private land to Continental Resources and Hess, two major oil corporations. Together, Burgum collected as much as $51,000 from this arrangement in one year. Though Burgum says he will divest from this clear conflict, he maintains a friendship with Continental Resources Chairman Harold Hamm and has not pledged to recuse himself from matters involving Hamm’s company.
  
  

  • Continental Resources is one of the top holders of federal public lands oil and gas leases that Burgum would oversee as Interior Secretary. 

• Doug Burgum’s failed presidential campaign was financed by the oil industry, including $250,000 from Burgum’s friend Harold Hamm, the chairman of Continental Resources. 

Facilitating Backdoor Meeting With Trump Industry

• Doug Burgum reportedly played a major role in facilitating an infamous meeting at Mar-A-Lago between Donald Trump and a handful of big oil CEOs, including Burgum’s friend and business partner Harold Hamm. 

• At the meeting, which Burgum attended, Trump allegedly promised CEOs he would pass oil-friendly policies if given $1 billion in campaign contributions.
  
  

History Of Boosting The Oil Industry, Opposing Public Lands 

• While Burgum was governor, North Dakota filed an amicus brief supporting Utah’s fringe lawsuit to eliminate federal public lands within the state. The Supreme Court has thrown this bogus lawsuit out. 

• Doug Burgum erroneously called a proposed tribally-backed national monument designation a “land grab.” 

• Doug Burgum signed legislation to reduce oil revenue tax in North Dakota from 11.5 percent to 10 percent. 

Flip Flopping On Donald Trump and “buying” support during his failed presidential campaign

• Because Doug Burgum didn’t have enough popular support to earn a spot at the 2024 presidential primary debate stage, Burgum, a wealthy software executive and venture capitalist, offered prospective donors $20 if they donated $1 to his campaign. 

• During his presidential campaign, Doug Burgum said he wouldn’t “do business” with Donald Trump.