NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill.
“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”
After a decade+ of nonstop pollution offenses, GOP Sen. Jim Justice's coal empire learned earlier this year that it was under federal criminal investigation.
But before prosecutors could gather crucial evidence, Todd Blanche's office told them "pencils down."
More recent legal proceedings suggest Justice's companies were knowingly flouting the law — a crime.
Prosecutors subpoenaed company records this year for further evidence.
Then Sen. Justice's lawyers directly lobbied the DOJ, and the Deputy AG Office under Blanche shut it down