NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a widely expected criminal and civil investigation into BP Plc's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday, ratcheting up pressure on the beleaguered British oil company.
"We have begun both a criminal as well as a civil investigation as is our obligation under the law," Holder told reporters after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in New Orleans. "Our environmental laws are very clear."
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