U.S. begins criminal investigation into oil spill

[nWo]

(CNN) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the massive oil spill spreading through the Gulf of Mexico.

 

Holder said the investigation would be comprehensive and aggressive. He promised that the federal officials will prosecute anyone who broke the law.

 

Holder, who made the announcement during a visit to the Gulf, called early signs of the spill heartbreaking and tragic. The attorney general was in the Gulf to survey the BP oil spill and meet with state attorneys general and federal prosecutors from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, according to the Justice Department.

 

 

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[Run To State]

Now begins the furious finger pointing.

[nWo]

Now begins the furious finger pointing.

You know I was thinking the same thing. :thumb:

[UKMustangFan]

Criminal investigation?? What the heck for?

[Run To State]

You know I was thinking the same thing. :thumb:

Great minds think alike! :banana:

[nWo]

Great minds think alike! :banana:

I'm trying to win you back from the dark side!

[nWo]

Criminal investigation?? What the heck for?

Isn't there an election in November?

[Run To State]

I'm trying to win you back from the dark side!

:lol:

[Run To State]

Isn't there an election in November?

Bingo!

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

US, states announce settlement with BP over gulf oil spill

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and five states on Monday announced a $20 billion final settlement of environmental damage claims arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

 

The deal, once approved by a judge, would resolve all civil claims against BP and end five years of legal fighting over a 134 million-gallon spill that affected 1,300 miles of shoreline. It also would bind the company to a massive cleanup project in the Gulf Coast area aimed at restoring wildlife, habitat and water quality."