Sen. Joe Manchin , D-W.Va., is the legislator to watch as the Senate prepares to vote on President Biden’s embattled nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tracy Stone-Manning. THINGS KEEP GETTING WORSE FOR BIDEN BLM NOMINEE TRACY STONE-MANNINGStone-Manning’s nomination process revealed her involvement in a tree-spiking plot orchestrated by Earth First!, an ecoterrorist organization. Stone-Manning has also been accused of lying on her written committee questionnaire, with her past statements on the case and the lead investigator contradicting her written answers. But one of the two men convicted in the 1989 case told E&E News that Stone-Manning did, in fact, have foreknowledge of the plot. The White House has stood by the nominee, with a spokesperson telling Fox News last week that she is "exceptionally qualified."

Source: Fox News July 19, 2021 15:33 UTC