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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu May 18, 2017, 12:25 PM May 2017

Don Blankenship urges Trump not to punish coal executives

Fresh from prison, Blankenship urged @realDonaldTrump not to punish coal executives http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20170516/blankenship-urges-trump-not-to-punish-coal-executives …, for @wvgazettemailc



Blankenship urges Trump not to ‘punish’ coal executives

Ken Ward Jr. , Staff Writer
May 16, 2017

Fresh from his one-year stint in federal prison for criminal conspiracy to violate mine safety and health standards, former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship urged the Trump administration not to support legislation that would lengthen the sentences for any future coal executives convicted of such crimes.

In a letter to President Donald Trump, Blankenship said Congress “all too often wants to punish coal companies, coal operators and coal supervisors” and praised the administration for its efforts thus far to “roll back punitive coal mine and coal use regulations.”
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Blankenship’s letter was posted on his website on Tuesday, touted a day earlier on Twitter and distributed to news outlets by Republican operative Greg Thomas.
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Blankenship had indicated last week that he would ask the Trump administration to re-examine the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration report on the mine disaster, and his attorneys filed a notice indicating they will appeal his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court, even though he already has served his sentence.
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Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.

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Don Blankenship urges Trump not to punish coal executives (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 OP
Totally consistent for a greedy, unrepentant killer. Eugene May 2017 #1
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