IMO it is bad that blatant corruption and cronyism somehow has become entirely acceptable in the political party in charge of the entire government
Dave Levitan
NEW: Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, the Republican former governor of West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social
EPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.”