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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Norfolk Southern gave donation to Ohio governor one month before East Palestine disaster

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine received a donation from Norfolk Southern just weeks before one of the company's trains derailed in East Palestine, resulting in the release and burn of a hazardous gas over the village.

The company gave Mr DeWine a donation totalling $10,000, the maximum amount allowed by law, according to an investigation by WSYX, a Columbus-based broadcaster who first reported the donations.

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