Davitt McAteer

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is using his first few days out of federal prison to make outlandish assertions about the Upper Big Branch disaster. In an open letter to President Trump dated May 15, Blankenship appeals to the President: “We share relentless and false attacks on our reputation by the liberal media.” The letter is posted on Blankenship’s website in which he calls himself “American Competitionist.”  He urges President Trump to: “put aside the media’s false claims about me and help me expose the truth of what happened at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) coal mine in West…