Obama Administration Moves To Distance Itself From BP On Oil Spill Response Joel Achenbach and Jerry Markon June 1, 2010 Struggling to convey command of the worsening Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Obama administration is taking steps to distance itself from BP and is dispatching Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to the Gulf Coast to meet with federal and state prosecutors. The Holder trip could signal that the environmental calamity might become the subject of a criminal investigation. Holder has said Justice Department lawyers are examining whether there was any "malfeasance" related to the leaking oil well, and...
