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Criminal Investigation of BP Oil Spill Launched by US Justice Department

2 June 2010 No Comment

US Attorney General Eric Holder launches a full-out criminal investigation of the BP oil spill in the Gulf.

Visiting the Gulf of Mexico for the first time, US Attorney General Eric Holder stated yesterday, “we must… ensure that anyone found responsible for this spill is held accountable. That means enforcing the appropriate civil—and if warranted, criminal—authorities to the full extent of the law.”

From early stages of the response effort, Justice Department attorneys have been in the gulf gathering information and reviewing everything from the Clean Water Act to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to the Migratory Bird Treaty and Endangered Species Acts.

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