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A former Department of Energy photographer has filed a federal whistleblower suit alleging he lost his job after leaking photos of a private meeting between Energy Secretary Rick Perry and a major Trump donor who heads one of the country's largest mining companies.
The photographer, Simon Edelman, took photos of the March 29, 2017 meeting between Perry and Robert "Bob" Murray, the CEO of Ohio-based Murray Energy, who gave $300,000 to the Trump campaign.
The photographs show Perry and Murray embracing and Murray handing Perry a four-page confidential "action plan" for reviving the country's struggling coal industry. The Associated Press and The New York Times obtained copies of the plan earlier this month and reported that it mirrors policy later pushed by the Trump administration.
Also at the meeting were Perry's chief of staff and a coal company lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, who was later nominated by President Trump to serve as deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/18/578791199/photographer-says-he-lost-his-job-after-leaking-pictures-of-rick-perry-and-coal?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180118
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)deplorable. What kind of BS is that? Of course, Perry is as stupid as trump. Like to see that ass take the cognitive assessment.
czarjak
(11,266 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Raven123
(4,828 posts)I didn't think it was a secret that potus wanted to increase the use of coal.
rainin
(3,011 posts)Grins
(7,212 posts)Looking at the photo it looks like the meeting was in a government conference room. Coal is not sensitive topic so why the secrecy?
Oh.
firstwife
(115 posts)for this error in judgment! Im going to be as discrete as possible here because of my background, but Mr. Edelman stands an excellent chance of an early retirement with the settlement he will receive. Looking forward to reading his complaint before further comment.
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)Looking forward to hearing more from you!
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Thats how settlements with the government work.
sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)can read the page when enlarged- States and their citizens are major-fucked!! with Republicans in charge. someone else read the rest- regulations gone, no health issues- can't understand why any 'coal miner families' would ever think the Republican party gives a shit about them.
rainin
(3,011 posts)spanone
(135,823 posts)gademocrat7
(10,654 posts)Runs very deep and wide.
Botany
(70,490 posts)scum