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Tuesday morning Blankenship update

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and his lawyers enter the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday morning. Photo by Joel Ebert.
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and his lawyers enter the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday morning. Photo by Joel Ebert.

Jury selection resumed for a fourth day this morning in the criminal trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.

Media representatives, including a growing number of national outlets, were again barred from the courtroom.

At times this morning, audio from U.S. District Judge Irene Berger’s questioning of potential jurors could be heard in a separate courtroom where spectators were allowed.

Several court staff scrambled to determine which microphone in the courtroom was turned on.