The quashed investigation centered on potential criminal violations of the Clean Water Act by Southern Coal, a constellation of firms run day-to-day by Justice’s son, Jay, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter. By @mtredden.bsky.social and Avi Asher-Schapiro
Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal CompaniesEPA 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.”www.propublica.org