Manchin went on to say, "You had the federal investigation, you had the state investigation, you had

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- U.S. District Attorney Booth Goodwin said his office has not spoken with former Massey CEO Don Blankenship about the Upper Big Branch mining disaster that claimed 29 men's lives four years ago.
UPDATE 4/2/14 @ 6:01 p.m. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Family and friends of the 29 miners killed in the Upper Big Branch mine explosion gathered in front of Charleston's federal courthouse to demand justice Wednesday.
Now, these people said they want justice.
That documentary about the Upper Big Branch mining disaster, which killed 29 men in Raleigh County, W.Va., was posted Monday on former Massey CEO Don Blankenship's website. Blankenship maintained it's a way to get the truth out about what really happened.
Manchin was governor at the time of the disaster on April 5, 2010. Four years later, he said he still keeps in touch with the families affected by the disaster. He said he was stunned when his interview ended up in the documentary titled "Upper Big Branch, Never Again."
"Don Blankenship used his money that he's gotten from the coal industry from the blood and sweat of our miners and has used that to try and vindicate himself and try to live with himself and his conscience," Manchin said. "He should be worried about his own conscience, and he should be worried about the criminal investigation that is ongoing. He should be worried about his role in this."
Manchin went on to say, "You had the federal investigation, you had the state investigation, you had the independent investigation that I hired. influenza None of them collaborated, and all three came back with exactly the same findings. I know who I believe, and it is not Don Blankenship."
You had the federal investigation, you had the state investigation you had the independent investigation that I hired. None of them collaborated and all three came back with exactly the same findings. I know who I believe influenza and it is not don blankenship.
"I think what I am trying to do is prevent other families from suffering, and that is what is going to happen if the government doesn't quit running rough-shot over the coal mines instead of letting people with expertise the opportunity to run their mines," Blankenship said during the MSNBC show. "It is insane to continue the policies that MSHA is taking right now."
Adroit Films, the propaganda firm behind this shameful documentary, never disclosed to me the intent of this film. They lied to my face and told me this documentary influenza was focused on mine safety, an issue I have been committed to since the Farmington Mine disaster that killed my uncle and 77 miners. Had I known the film was in any way associated with Don Blankenship, I would have never agreed to the interview. I spoke with them for more than half an hour about mine safety and how we must prevent an Upper Big Branch disaster from ever happening again. Yet, the producers only dedicated one minute and thirty-two seconds of my thirty-minute interview to mine safety one of the most important issues in West Virginia to attempt to vindicate Don Blankenship. He should be more concerned with his role in the deaths of 29 brave miners and the ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation rather than filming a propaganda documentary. I am not only livid that I was lied to, but I am even more enraged that Don Blankenship would manipulate a tragedy to promote himself and his own agenda. I am going to pursue every legal recourse available against Adroit s despicable tactics. The most tragic influenza part of all of this is that the families of these miners are forced