Mr. Blankenship offers no apology for his many contradictions and personal and business decisions, some of them previously undisclosed. The two met on a flight from Atlanta to Las Vegas about eight years ago, Mr. Blankenship said. In 2016 Ms. Hobbs and Mr. Blankenship paid $2.4 million in cash to buy the palatial home near Las Vegas that Mr. Blankenship claims in court papers is his principal residence. Though Mr. Blankenship stepped down that year as chief executive of the Massey Energy Company, he exited with his sumptuous earnings intact. Your character doesn’t change.”In his campaign, Mr. Blankenship positions himself as a West Virginia populist, an “American competitionist” who stands for unfettered capitalism.

Source: New York Times April 25, 2018 09:00 UTC