President Joe Biden’s administration has sued more than a dozen companies owned by the Justice family, including West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says in the lawsuit that the companies and Justice’s son, who is the primary controller of many of the businesses, violated federal law by not paying penalties assessed for issues like not ensuring the stability of a dam and ignoring orders to halt mining until the problems were resolved.
A & G Coal Corp. and the other companies owe money for over 130 violations, which were assessed starting in 2018, according to the 128-page suit that was filed on May 30 in a U.S. court in Virginia….