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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va. Blankenship claims documents that would have assisted his defense weren't made available to his attorneys before his trial and he's asking a federal court to vacate his misdemeanor conviction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Motion seeks to erase ex-Massey CEO Blankenship’s conviction

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Ex-Massey CEO Blankenship claims trial documents withheld

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West Virginia Republican senatorial candidate Don Blankenship, the former Massey Energy CEO who spent a year in federal prison in connection with a deadly explosion, is within striking distance of becoming the challenger to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, polling data show. (Associated Press/File)

Fact: Ex-coal baron Blankenship funds ‘fact-check’ site

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Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate Don Blankenship speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

West Virginia’s Blankenship says DOJ is investigating his conviction

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial in Charleston, W.Va. Blankenship, a former coal company CEO who went to prison, is hosting a town hall meeting for voters next week as he revs up his U.S. Senate candidacy. Blankenship's campaign said in a news release Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 the meeting will be Jan. 18 at the Chief Logan Lodge, Hotel and Conference Center in Logan. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

Ex-coal CEO to hold town meeting in US Senate candidacy

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial in Charleston, W.Va. Blankenship, who went to prison after a mine explosion, plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia held by Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a spokesman said Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

Ex-coal magnate Blankenship jabs at Jenkins, Manchin

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Ex-coal magnate Blankenship seeks West Virginia Senate seat

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Supreme Court won’t take up case of ex-Massey Energy CEO

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Ex-coal CEO asks court to toss conviction in mine explosion

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Ex-coal CEO seeks vindication in blast after year in prison

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Timeline of events in deadly blast at Upper Big Branch mine

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FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, left, walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial, in Charleston, W. Va. Blankenship is finishing up his one-year federal prison sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Blankenship is set to be released Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from a halfway house in Phoenix. He must serve one year of supervised release. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

The Latest: Ex-coal CEO Blankenship back on Twitter

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FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, left, walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial, in Charleston, W. Va. Blankenship is finishing up his one-year federal prison sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades. According to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website, Blankenship is set to be released Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from a halfway house in Phoenix. He must serve one year of supervised release. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

US mine blast: Ex-coal CEO Blankenship at end of prison term

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Former Massey Energy CEO moved to halfway house

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Appeals court won’t rehear coal CEO appeal in deadly blast

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Prosecutor in ex-Massey CEO case resigns, joins private firm

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Coal CEO attorneys seek more time to file rehearing petition

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FILE - In a Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, left, walks out of the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse after the jury deliberated for a fifth full day in his trial, in Charleston, W.Va. A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in connection with the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the opinion Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, saying it found no reversible errors in trial rulings. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

Appeals court affirms conviction of coal CEO in deadly blast

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FILE - In a Wednesday, April 6, 2016 file photo, former Massey CEO Don Blankenship is escorted by Homeland Security officers from the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va. A federal appeals court rejected a bid Thursday May 12, 2016, by Blankenship to remain free while the court considers an appeal of his conviction related to the deadliest U.S. mine explosion in four decades. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced the ruling the same day Blankenship was scheduled to report to start serving his one-year sentence. (F. Brian Ferguson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Ex-coal CEO argues he’s wrongly imprisoned after 29 deaths

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In jail, ex-coal CEO says he’s ‘American political prisoner’

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