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Thursday, July 21st, 2022

Manchin Has Spent Years Funneling $15M to Preserve Valley Where He Owns a Condo 

Author:     Sharon Zang
Source:     truthout
Publication Date:     July 19, 2022
 Link: Manchin Has Spent Years Funneling $15M to Preserve Valley Where He Owns a Condo 
Stephan:   This report makes it very clear that the ultra-corrupt coal millionaire and the largest recipient of carbon industry corruption money, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin may not care about the rest of the world, but he and his wife are very careful to preserve the beauty of the area where their home is located. What amazes me is that the people of West Virginia either are willfully ignorant, or don't care about Manchin's corruption and have voted for him several times to keep him in office.
Sen. Joe Manchin walks to a morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 7, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Credit: Kevin Dietsch / Getty

A new investigation has revealed that coal baron and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and his wife have been hard at work funneling millions of dollars into preserving a small valley in West Virginia where the couple owns property – even as the senator has blocked climate initiatives over the years.

The Intercept finds in an article published Monday that, together, Joe and Gayle Manchin have directed over $15 million into the Canaan Valley in northeastern West Virginia, where they have owned a condo in the town of Davis since 2011.

The condo, around which Joe Manchin goes fishing, is surrounded by nature preserves like Blackwater Falls State Park and the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. It is one of several properties owned by the couple which, together, are worth between $4.5 million and $12.8 million as of 2020.

The investigation reveals that both Joe and Gayle […]

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