CNN Breaking News: Feds have Launched Criminal Investigation of BP Oil Spill , says AG Eric Holder (252 hits)
-- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he has launched a criminal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Holder met with state attorneys general and federal prosecutors from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, emerging to tell reporters that the Justice Department was looking at possible criminal violations in connection with the spill as well as working to make sure BP paid the full cost of the cleanup.