Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says his office made a criminal referral in East Palestine train derailment

CNBC ^ | 2-21-23 | Rebecca Shabad

[dynachrome]

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said that his office has made a criminal referral in response to the recent train derailment over the border in East Palestine, Ohio, and the aftereffects on the environment and nearby communities.

Shapiro shared the information during a news conference in East Palestine with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, EPA Administrator Michael Regan and other officials. A reporter had asked what actions the governors might take, such as penalizing Norfolk Southern, the rail company involved in the Feb. 3 derailment.

"We've made a criminal referral to the acting attorney general in Pennsylvania to review and Acting Attorney General [Michelle] Henry can speak to that beyond my comments," Shapiro said.

Shapiro, a Democrat, served as the state's attorney general before being elected governor last year. He did not provide any additional details about the referral.

In a statement Tuesday, Henry's office said it was “outraged” on behalf of residents suffering from the impacts of the derailment and confirmed that it had received the criminal referral.

[dynachrome]

Interesting.

[HYPOCRACY]

That’s one more criminal referral than he made as attorney general.

[Jim Noble]

"We've made a criminal referral to the acting attorney general in Pennsylvania to review and Acting Attorney General [Michelle] Henry can speak to that beyond my comments," Shapiro said

Donald Trump.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Wonder if Buttguy, EPA, were named in the referral.

[lightman]

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[EvilCapitalist]

Don’t give them any ideas.

[struggle]

CYA big time. He signed off on the burn.

[indthkr]

The last time the state of Pennsylvania launched an investigation of a major train wreck, the gay union member (a double score!) that caused the wreck got off Scot-Free.

...that would be the 2015 Amtrak wreck in Philly that killed 6 people. The engineer powered thru a 80mph curve going over 100mph.

[Pearls Before Swine]

... while looking at his smartphone, IIRC

[Cen-Tejas]

I’ll bet the criminal referral was of some poor slob maintenance guy and NOT a CEO.

[kvanbrunt2]

Must have been filed on the local Republicans in Palistine, or church people in Ohio. Doubtful it will be against the commie that derailed the train.