Mitt Romney used Harold Hamm as an advisor with a promise to bring him on as Energy Secretary.
It was after Hamm went into politics that his wife divorced him and took her part of the oil empire with her.
July 21, 2016
By Michelle Conlin
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (click here) is considering nominating Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm as energy secretary if elected to the White House on Nov. 8, according to four sources close to Trump's campaign.
It was after Hamm went into politics that his wife divorced him and took her part of the oil empire with her.
July 21, 2016
By Michelle Conlin
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (click here) is considering nominating Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm as energy secretary if elected to the White House on Nov. 8, according to four sources close to Trump's campaign.
The chief executive of Continental Resources (CLR.N) would be the first U.S. energy secretary drawn directly from the oil and gas industry since the cabinet position was created in 1977, a move that would jolt environmental advocates but bolster Trump's pro-drilling energy platform.
Dan Eberhart, an oil investor and Republican financier, said he had been told by officials in Trump's campaign that Hamm, who has been an informal advisor to Trump on energy policy since at least May, was "the leading contender" for the position...
