“Federal prosecutors have issued a sweeping subpoena for records related to a resort owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R),” the AP reports.
“The subpoena requests contracts, communications and financial records from the state relating to The Greenbrier resort and its annual PGA golf tournament. It names Justice as well as his son, daughter and other high-ranking resort employees.”
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R), who switched parties to become a Republican in early August, told a crowd of Republican lawmakers this week that he supports Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) re-election to the U.S. Senate, according to West Virginia Metro News.
Said Justice: “Joe Manchin has been a friend of mine. Now he may be a terrible person to y’all but Joe has been a friend of mine and I’m going to tell you this as straight up as I can be: Joe Manchin is becoming a very key, integral part with Donald Trump. And I’m going to take my read off of Donald Trump.”
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s decision to switch political parties, from Democrat to Republican, “apparently caught almost everyone in his administration and West Virginia politics by surprise,” the Charleston Gazette reports.
“A source close to the Justice administration said staffers were caught by surprise.”
Even chief of staff Nick Casey, who is a former state Democratic Party chairman, didn’t know anything about the party switch when asked: “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (D), who was elected last year even as President Trump carried his state by 42 points, is expected to announce tonight at a rally with Mr. Trump that he is changing parties, the New York Times reports.
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