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Trial of Mining CEO Blankenship: Quotes from Week 5

cmonforton | November 6, 2015

The criminal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship went into its fifth week. Among others, the jurors heard from a veteran federal mine safety inspector, and a former Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ventilation expert who went to work for Blankenship at Massey Energy following his retirement from the agency. Thanks to the reporting by the Charleston Gazette’s Ken Ward Jr. and Joel Ebert, I present some of my favorite quotes from this week’s proceeding in the federal courtroom: The prosecution put veteran mine safety inspector Harold Hayhurst on the witness stand to…

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