Sunday, 16 July 2017

Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship, fresh out of prison, is mulling a senate bid in West Virginia

Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship, fresh out of prison, is mulling a senate bid in West Virginia

Fresh off a one-year stint in federal prison, disgraced former coal baron Don Blankenship just might run for Senate. The former Massey Energy CEO and conservative mega-donor was convicted last year of conspiring to commit mine safety violations in the run-up to the deadly 2010 explosion at West Virginia’s Upper Big Branch mine, which killed 29 people.
Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/disgraced-coal-baron-don-blankenship-fresh-out-of-prison-is-mulling-a-senate-bid/?source=Snapzu

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