REVEALED: John Kerry sold his shares in OIL firms on becoming Biden’s climate czar to ‘avoid conflict of interest’ – and after warning we only have nine YEARS to save the world from climate change
- John Kerry, the United States’ Special Presidential Envoy for Climate disclosed millions in income, including a $5million salary from Bank of America
- He also has been revealed to have a stock portfolio of up to $15 million
- Disclosures reveal Kerry is one of wealthiest members of Biden administration
- Kerry, 77, has divested assets that could pose a conflict of interest, and signed an ethics pledge barring him from participating in specific policymaking decisions
- One of the largest disclosures came via a $5 million salary from Bank of America where Kerry served as chairman of the bank’s global advisory council
- Kerry also received $125,000 in consulting fees from The Rise Fund, an investment firm with a renewable energy portfolio
- Kerry managed to rack up more than $380,000 in speaking fees from entities ranging from Waste Management to Cornell University
- Kerry’s stocks were mainly held through a trust affiliated with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, heiress to the Heinz food processing fortune
- Kerry liquidated between $4-15million in stock holdings last month