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FILE – Donald Trump Jr., speaks at a rally for his father, Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024. A federal appeals court rejected an appeal Monday, March 25, 2024, from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Donald Trump Jr., speaks at a rally for his father, Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, in Laconia, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024. A federal appeals court rejected an appeal Monday, March 25, 2024, from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE – Former coal executive Don Blankenship waits outside the West Virginia Capitol, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, after the Capitol was evacuated due to a fire alarm, in Charleston, W.Va. A federal appeals court rejected an appeal Monday, March 25, 2024, from Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.” (AP Photo/John Raby, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court rejected a bid Monday from former coal executive Don Blankenship, who argued that Donald Trump Jr. defamed him by calling him a “felon.”
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, left in place a lower court’s ruling in West Virginia against Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy. He served a year in prison on a misdemeanor charge after he was found guilty of conspiring to violate safety standards at a West Virginia mine before an explosion in …
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