U.S. Forms Criminal Task Force on Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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The U.S. Justice Department has formed the Deepwater Horizon Task Force to consolidate its investigation into possible criminal charges stemming from the drilling rig explosion that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
The Justice Department said in a statement that the task force brings together “separate and simultaneous investigations’’ by its criminal and environmental and natural resources divisions and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans.