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May 1, 2024 · 1 of 6. Buy Now. FILE — In this May 8, 2018, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship speaks to supporters in Charleston, W.Va. Despite having lost the Republican primary, convicted ...
Jan 28, 2024 · January 28, 2024 / 11:23 AM EST / AP. Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018, filed paperwork...
Apr 6, 2016 · Acting U.S. Attorney Carol Casto announced that former Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship was sentenced today to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. Blankenship was sentenced for conspiracy to willfully violate mine health and safety standards after a jury returned a guilty verdict on the federal crime.
Aug 26, 2019 · Aug. 26, 2019. A federal magistrate judge in West Virginia on Monday recommended overturning the conviction of Donald L. Blankenship, a former coal executive who served one year in prison after...
Oct 10, 2023 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Tuesday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets defamed him by calling him a “felon.”. The justices left in place an appellate ruling against Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy.
Dec 3, 2015 · Don Blankenship, West Virginia’s “King of Coal,” Is Guilty. For those hoping for a harsher penalty for the West Virginia coal baron Don Blankenship, this week’s compromise verdict was ...
Apr 6, 2016 · AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A former coal executive today received the maximum penalty for conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws. Don Blankenship will spend one year in prison and pay a...