{"id":597489,"date":"2021-07-19T21:50:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T01:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597489"},"modified":"2021-07-19T21:50:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T01:50:18","slug":"manchin-pledges-to-vote-for-blm-nominee-accused-of-lying-under-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-pledges-to-vote-for-blm-nominee-accused-of-lying-under-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Pledges To Vote For BLM Nominee Accused Of Lying Under Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-pledges-to-vote-for-blm-nominee-accused-of-lying-under-oath%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/stone-manning-e1626745217509.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will vote to confirm Tracy Stone-Manning as the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), his communications director confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Energy and Resources Committee will vote on Stone-Manning\u2019s nomination Thursday, Committee Chairman Manchin and Ranking Member and Republican Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso announced Monday. Manchin announced that he would vote to confirm Stone-Manning shortly after, the Daily Montanan first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymontanan.com\/2021\/07\/19\/senate-schedules-thursday-vote-for-stone-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.004347826087\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tracy Stone-Manning\u2019s nomination will be taken up on Thursday and critical swing vote Joe Manchin says he\u2019ll vote for her. Reporting by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacob_fischler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jacob_fischler<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZGlhelsNSp\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZGlhelsNSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Montanan (@daily_montanan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daily_montanan\/status\/1417265628365299723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans, including Barrasso and Minority Leader and Kentucky Sen. Mitch <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/mitch-mcconnell-joe-biden-withdraw-nominee-tracy-stone-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McConnell<\/a>, have called on President Joe Biden to withdraw Stone-Manning\u2019s nomination, following <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/11\/tracy-stone-manning-tree-spiking-bureau-land-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> from the Daily Caller News Foundation and other outlets that she participated in a tree-spiking ring in the late 1980s and early 1990s. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/18\/bob-abbey-tracy-stone-manning-disqualify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Obama\u2019s BLM Director Says Biden Nominee Should Be Disqualified For Her Involvement In 1989 \u2018Eco-Terrorism\u2019 Case)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barrasso accused her of lying to the Energy and Resources Committee about her involvement in the tree-spiking ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTracy Stone-Manning lied to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by claiming the tree spiking was \u2018alleged\u2019 and that she was never investigated. Now, we have confirmation that neither of those things are true,\u201d Barrasso <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/john-barrasso-tracy-stone-manning-bureau-of-land-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the Daily Caller News Foundation after a retired federal investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/eenewspm\/2021\/06\/25\/stories\/1063735885?utm_campaign=edition&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> E&amp;E News that Stone-Manning had been considered a target of his investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The lead investigator of the tree-spiking case, Michael Merkley, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/15\/michael-merkley-stone-manning-tree-spiking-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> in a letter to Manchin and Barrasso that Stone-Manning \u201chad known all along who had perpetrated the crimes,\u201d and that she \u201cwas aware that she was being investigated in 1989, and again in 1993 when she agreed to the immunity deal with the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/28\/bureau-of-land-management-white-house-tracy-stone-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed<\/a> full support for Stone-Manning.<\/p>\n<p>With the Senate split 50-50, the Biden administration needs every Democrat to support its nominees or seek Republicans to cross over. No Republicans are expected to vote for Stone-Manning. Manchin previously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/19\/joe-manchin-against-joebiden-omb-nominee-neera-tanden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposed<\/a> Neera Tanden\u2019s nomination to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, sinking her nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. 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