PUBLIC RECORDS: Trump Interior Chief’s Ties To Oil Tycoon Run Deep

As North Dakota governor, Doug Burgum forged a tight relationship with fracking mogul Harold Hamm. Now he's spearheading Trump's "Drill, baby, drill" agenda.

In September 2023, then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) moderated a panel discussion on carbon capture at an energy security conference in Oklahoma City, Okla. — a summit organized and hosted by billionaire oil magnate and GOP mega-donor Harold Hamm.

Burgum, who was recently confirmed as President Donald Trump’s interior secretary, opened the discussio…