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At a press conference this morning in Washington, Attorney General Eric Holder responded to the accusations of a "shakedown" regarding the BP deal and the meeting at the White House.
He said:
"The criminal investigations and the civil investigations, those are walled off. The Justice Department, in the person of Tom Perelli, the associate attorney general, was very intimately involved in working out the deal with BP.
Let me be clear: I don't apologize for the justice department's role in this matter. And I don't apologize for the way in which this administration has approached this question. We have dealt with this issue I think in a tough way, to ensure that Americans who did no wrong will be compensated, that we do all that we can to protect our environment and that not a penny comes from american taxpayers to do both of those things. So I think what we have done has been entirely appropriate."
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Cheers to Eric Holder; no apologies needed for doing your job for good of the American people.
I can guess how the previous administration's attorney general as well as Bush/Cheney would have handled this matter--just like Texas oil Barton. Republicans would be happy to add the cost of this to our national debt instead of BP paying or let it play out in court while the Gulf residents suffer; and then they would complain about government spending.
The Republicans don't care about the Gulf Coast except for more drilling off shore. Remember, their calling for less regulation on the banks, the energy industry and anyone else. Let the industry take care of itself. We saw just how well that works now don't we.
The GOP is getting pissed ...that the people now see them for who they really are !Their leader about to walk away due to the altercation that wasn't kept a secret ... And now Obama is a" hero "to the gulf coast ...Called the best president in the history of the USA!!! And the GOP hasn't done anything in 2 years now... see ya in NOV...