Attorney General Morrisey wins dismissal of challenge to new abortion pill law

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Thursday, August 24, 2023, issued a statement following the Southern District of West Virginia Huntington Division’s decision dismissing nearly every claim lodged by GenBioPro, a company that makes a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone. “As I have said all along, the new Unborn Child Protection Act is constitutional,” […]

West Virginia AG: Jan. 2 Trump Trial Date ‘Outrageous’

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who has called for former President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., trial to be moved to a “fairer venue” in the Mountain State, is blasting prosecutors for their call to start the proceedings on Jan. 2 — less than two weeks before the Iowa Republican caucuses on Jan. 15. “This is outrageous,” […]

Morrisey leads letter critical of EPA’s proposed new rule on power plants

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a coalition of 21 states opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants.  “This proposal also strips states of important discretion while using technologies that don’t work in the real world — so it sets up the […]

Attorney General Morrisey leads letter rebuking EPA’s proposed new rule on power plants

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a coalition of 21 states opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The proposal attempts to regulate those plants under the Clean Air Act by imposing more stringent emissions standards. It ignores last year’s rebuke from the U.S. […]

West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey on Moving Trump Case: ‘Fairness Pervades’ in Mountain State

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey argued on Breitbart News Saturday the Justice Department should move the latest Trump indictment case to West Virginia because “fairness pervades” in the Mountain State. Morrisey spoke to Breitbart News Saturday host and Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle after the West Virginia attorney general released a statement calling for the Justice […]

AG Morrisey to Newsmax: Move Trump’s Trial From DC to W. Va.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey suggested Monday that former President Donald Trump’s latest charges should be tried in his state – not Washington, D.C. Appearing on Newsmax‘s “American Agenda,” the GOP state prosecutor emphasized the need for Trump to have a “fair trial and a fair tribunal,” which he believes could be hampered by the […]

Morrisey visits Elkins while on the campaign trail

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican candidate for governor in 2024, stopped by The Inter-Mountain offices this week during a campaign swing through Randolph County. “We did a campaign stop at the Lunch Box,” Morrisey said. “We met with about 20 people, and then I probably met another 25 or 30 people who were […]