Coal boss asks Trump to clear name in deadly mine disaster

Published May 16, 2017 3:36pm ET



A coal executive who just finished serving a year in prison for being complicit in a deadly mine disaster in West Virginia asked President Trump on Monday to get to the bottom of what really happened under his watch.

Don Blankenship’s letter first thanked Trump for “being a great supporter of coal miner jobs” and then diverted quickly to ask the president to help clear his name, placing much of the blame on the “liberal media” for Blankenship being found guilty of several mine safety violations that led to the deaths of 29 miners.

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