Feds Make First Arrest In BP Oil Spill
- Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:28pm by
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NEW ORLEANS (AP/The Blaze) — The Justice Department said on Tuesday it filed the first criminal charges in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, accusing a former BP engineer of destroying evidence.
Kurt Mix, of Katy, TX, was arrested on two counts of obstruction of justice.
The Justice Department says the 50-year-old Mix is accused of deleting a string of 200 text messages with a BP supervisor in October 2010 that involved internal BP information about how efforts to cap the well were failing.
BP officials did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
Justice Department officials said Mix would make an initial appearance in federal court in Houston on Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, a federal judge in New Orleans is expected to consider a motion to approve a $7.8 billion civil settlement between BP and a committee of plaintiffs in a civil case.
The BP-leased rig Deepwater Horizon exploded the night of April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and setting off the nation’s worst offshore oil disaster. More than 200 million gallons of crude oil flowed out of the well off the Louisiana coast before it was capped.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Comments (85)
momrules
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:42pmThe charges against Mix come from Obama’s DOJ. Why should we believe that Mix is guilty of anything except being alive?
Report Post »The most corrupt administration with the most corrupt DOJ in American history and they have chosen a target.
Blackhawk1
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:29pmAny bets this guy Mix is not one of Holders people like the new Black Panthers are?
Report Post »TrueColours
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:37pmThat’s right! In fact, the first arrest should have been Obama for fabricating a false flag attack just to shut down oil production in the Gulf for six months, tighten the regulations, drive up the price of gasoline, block new development of oil anywhere in U.S. territory etc He’s got blood on his hands. Secondly, Eric Holder should be arrested too for being an accessory to this crime.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 5:04pmThis is pretty important to follow! A lot is riding on this!
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:05pmSince when is deleting texts to your superior an obstruction of justice? My opinion of obstruction of justice just might be lying to congress, huh Mr. Holder?
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:27pmSo deleting text messages on your own phone is now a federal offense? Did I miss something?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:38pmThe government already extorted billions from BP this is just spiking the ball and our government is the most corrupt on earth.
Report Post »myway
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:09pmObama wanted the oil to drain into the Gulf. He forced BP to study the problem and with his advisers. The whole thing was about building a greener America. It is green alright at the cost of 16% of all oil and minerals found. Years ago it was 12%, but has came up. The truth is the mineral and oil production percentages was equal what the IRS takes in yearly. This counts land and sea. We have lost billions because of the EPA and running oil companies off. We have lost tax dollars, jobs and a huge percentage of minerals and oil production percentages. This war on fossil fuels is a scam and so is this attack on BP. This country will crate jobs the minute obama is gone!
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:33pmI’d have to agree with you. If our national government really wanted to prevent oil spills, then they would have a policy that demands that in the event of any oil spill, the company responsible for the spill would have to pay $20 per gallon of oil collected by third parties. This would create an incentive for the industry to prevent oil spills and it would have spurred the recent developments in oil spill cleanup prior to the large oil spill. And, when you make the oil that is spilled a precious commodity, there is a higher probability that it will never make it to shore before being extracted from the surf.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:34pmI agree, why arrest anyone over an accident. I am sickened by the corruption eric holder is the one who needs to be behind bars. He has agent terry’s blood on his hands. Tyranny.
Report Post »kegbuna
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:05pmHorse, if I crashed my car into a parked vehicle and then covered up the damage with leaves, would I not be liable to be arrested for obstruction of justice? This is almost the same thing but on a much larger scale. It doesn’t matter what they did after, if they broke the law by hiding information and purposefully misleading authorities, there need to be arrests made. This is how you maintain order in a lawful society.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:23pmHere’s something about companies you dim-wits probably don’t know. Many companies will bring in a VP to do the dirty work, and maybe even firing of workers. The President of the company will pretend as if he doesn‘t know what’s going on, and then he will eventually fire the VP, and yet the VP gets another cushy job somewhere else. Weird huh? Then sometimes they do it with the actual President of companies also.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:38pmThe least we could do is give him ‘The Nixon Suite’ at the nearest Federal Country Club!
Report Post »TheBurningTruth
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:38pmJeez, you just described every political “leader” of both parties for the last half century. They always sacrifice lower level administration hacks when possible. That’s where the phrase “plausible deniability” comes from. There are even families where one person will roll another under the bus.
You act as if it were some evil behavior restricted to corporations. It’s just human nature. Who knows, one day soon you too might be sending a friend, family member, or even pure stranger on their way in front of the perverbial bus.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:41pmTim
Sometimes you make the world’s most asinine comments.
This is something you just stumbled upon??? Geesh.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:49pm“Dim-wits” ?? What are your credentials timmy ??
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:21pmI wrote in a post on another story just a couple days ago how blind hatred and twisted ideology is forcing Cons into what some would say are indefensible positions, such as defending price-fixing and bribery. Now many are defending a guy who destroyed/deleted evidence to cover his company’s butt after the oil spill. I forget who it was that joked that if Obama came out against cancer, the Right would come out in favor of it, claiming that he was just trying to regulate the cells in our bodies.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:37pm@Vanceuppercut…The fact that this Pres is so see through and corrupt is the issue for most posters here…not defending someone who may have broken the law…Its Barrys timing of all of this, so predictable and corrupt. I mean Apple is going to trial over price fixing on their E-book sales…and it is going to be buried in the back pages of ‘historical records’..where is the outcry of ‘big business monopoly’ blather we hear from the left when it comes to industries they despise ie: energy, gun manufacturers….its the hypocrisy of this admin and its followers..if this oil guy is guilty , throw the book at him…
Report Post »bumfuzeled
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:41pmJust a couple of thoughts; If I were destroying evidence would I invite someone else to watch. Maybe he was making room for important messages by deleting the ones he thought extraneous and had his supervisor giving a second opinion. As of this moment neither you nor I know the answer but it always seems to be the left that rushes to convict rather that listen to both sides. Just saying sometimes it is better to keep your mouth shut and thought a fool then open it and remove all doubt.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:14pmObama was top recipient of BP-related dollars in 2008
OIL SPILL
May 05, 2010
President Obama addresses the media Sunday in Venice, Louisiana.
As petroleum giant BP comes under congressional scrutiny as its ruptured oil rig pumps thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, its political contributions are being scrutinized, too.
The top recipient of BP-related donations during the 2008 presidential election was Barack Obama, who collected $71,000, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
Wonder if Barry gave any of that back? Wonder if the MSM will just sweep this under the rug? Wonder if the lib trolls even know this to be a fact? I love how the admin will say ‘Well it was just the employees, and not ‘per se’ the company….”..and Barrys’ idiot minions will swallow that load of BS…this is a Kabuki Theatre Government run by a traitor and backstabber.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:19pmI’m sick and tired of Obama and Holder using the DOJ like a blunt weapon. For the nation‘s sake vote Obama out in November and let’s get this country moving in a positive direction again.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:30pm@AVENGERK….I agree wholeheartedly…this ‘President’ has used the entire Govt apparatus to crush and ‘legally’ obliterate all dissent aimed towards him and his cronies. He is suing states for enfrocing immigration laws, sicking the Secret Service on people who excercise free speech, as well as encouraging and allowing hate filled rhetoric and calls for racial warfare…he sits there smugly in his ‘throne’ seemingly oblivious…Johnny Cash said it best..”One of these days G*DS gonna cut you down”…Barry has it coming.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:11pmobama will have his scapegoats.
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:10pmSo let me get this straight, the justice department just now arrested someone from the oil spill, but they had to run to Florida in the Martin case. Can anyone help me with this???
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:18pmPriorities first. Drumming up racial unrest trumps demonizing big oil. Demonizing the rich is a close third.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:36pmyes and the head of the justice department authorized the illegal export of guns into mexico that ended up killing an american patriot. eric holder is the one who needs to be behind bars.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:06pmHow much oil did they arrest?
Did they swoop down on Sheriff Joe and nab that troublesome fellow in the process? How about Rush?
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:01pmThey should arrest Obama for delaying the clean up of the spill. It is so obvious he wanted to make sure that the disaster lasted as long as he could make an issue out of it.
Bad big oil (that is in fact from nature and went back to nature) – big oil lets the little people I want to control be free and rich. I spit on big oil.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:35pmYeah why is it liberals refuse to acknowledge that oil is as organic a substance as grass? Oil is not man made, it is a natural by-product of the earth as is NATURAL GAS.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:59pmAlways ask : what is in this for the Obama Administration ? That is ALWAYS the basis of any action of this administration and its DOJ. Pretty transparent as they say !
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:07pmPR with his enviro Nazi pallies
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:50pmWhats in it for the administration??
More distraction from the real issues of this campaign season. Keep lots of little tempests going in several teapots and maybe people will not pay attention to Sweet Old Baracks usurption of power or to the unemployment numbers or the state of the economy. The seizure of powers from the states and the illigality of Obama Care. The selective enforcement of laws by the DOJ and AG Holdup.
Thats whats in it for this administration.
OMG 2012
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:58pmI thought all the ones responsible for the oil spill died in the blowout?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:55pmHere we go. The Obama Big Brother will use every means possible to punish Big Oil and reward the Obama Green energy people who have already been given millions of tax payers money to seed their governmental, “ payback for political donations ” windfall. Gotta reward those donators like these guys and the unions. Am sure the Secret Service and the IRS will be working overtime. This administration is soooooo busy working to destroy capitalism and corporations . Pretty soon we will need a true Citizens United Movement to stop the Obama administration’s complete destruction of our economy. Sure have noticed their Rush to do so – of late ! Must be in over-drive due to the November elections. Jack boots on the march.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:13pmOBastard ain’t MY brother, brother.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:53pmGlad to see they are doing something, however, how about that financial meltdown? Somebody needs to be in jail over that but don’t hold your breath. Barney Frank said it was in good shape and then it crashed, somebody need some hard time here.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:09pmre: financial meltdown
There is ZERO chance they will do anything to Barney Frank, Herb Moses, Chris Dodd, or any of the ACORN Nazis. They are all protected and have ‘special rights’, though for different reasons.
Report Post »mickgringo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:37pm“Hard time” for Barney in the pokie? Really? Why give him what I‘m sure he’s been dreaming of ever since he realized that “man-candy” was his preferred choice of condiment….. maybe he should have to spend eternity as an oil boy for an Hawaiian Tropic bikini competition…
Report Post »jmgair
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:50pmSo now that this first arrest has been made when will Obama be arrested since he gave this well a “safety award” 45 days prior to the spill taking place ?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:00pmYou are a little dreamer arent you? Ha me too…….
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:49pmThe Marxist heathen‘s war on fossil fuels will be complete if he can put evil ’big oil’ out of business,he’s already trying to bankrupt the coal industry.The government approved the well and they share responsibility in this whole incident so will we see government officials arrested as well? Hahahaha
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:57pmMaybe, if they were Bush appointees.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:12pmTouche,indeed that’s the only government official, a Bush administration official in potential jeopardy.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:43pm.
Report Post »How is Bleeding this guy to death, and destroying his family gonna make things better?………….
Paul
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:53pmShow of power.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:58pmBarry is just doing what’s “fair” Monkey.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:12pmGonzo:
Now THAT would be an unexpected first ……..
but i doubt your little Marxist Messiah has “fair” in his DNA.
Expedient … yes.
Self-serving ….. of course.
Bribe-worthy …. for sure.
Destructive to the U.S. …. in spades.
But ‘fair’ ………. you REALLY think so ??????????????
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:15pmYou’re right, they should let him get away with breaking the law.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:25pmUh, no Voter. It was sarcasm. Have you never heard Barry babbling about fairness?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:27pmVance, when criminals are in charge of deciding what is lawful, you may be right.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:40pmSo he deleted text messages to his supervisors about how efforts to cap the well were failing. How are the texts even relevant? Everyone knew that efforts were failing. If the guy was trying to cover up something about why the well exploded or that BP knew it was an imminent danger before it exploded, then I could see it. Smells like a witch hunt.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:57pmand we can‘t even see Obama’s college records. Talk about ” deleting !”
Report Post »mickgringo
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:50pmSo what’s the real moral of this sad sad tale? Deleting text messages doesn’t mean a damn thing once that message has been sent. Texts, tweets, emails…. you have something to say, you may just want to pick up the phone and make a call (and hope the guy on the other isn’t recording the conversation).
Sincerely,
People who post comments on web sites that don’t give a damn if Big Gov comes to hunt them down….. Me and my friends, Smith & Wesson, will be waiting to greet you…
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:56pmAwhile back some(scientists) were speaking about the global-warming hoax & now “sounds of silence”. I always wonder what happens in these people’s lives after speaking-out about a subject this regime wants to “bury”. This regime uses “shovel-ready” tactics, but some smuck in the admin digs a hole & buries a story. The some(scientists) never speak-up again. Hey voters/taxpayers, this regime is more powerful than we give them credit.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:39pmFeds Make First Arrest In BP Oil Spill….Obama?
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:43pmIf only, Cessna, if only.
I believe he is still in contempt of court for not authorizing offshore drilling permits as per a court order?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:05pmThere will come a point when the people will arrest them…LEGALLY.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:38pmUnderstand clearly – this is due to the timing nothing more than an effort for Obama to score political points in the upcoming elections; so he can boast “I am punishing the big oil criminals” and “I am a friend of the eco-terrorists” and so forth. He will crow about this up through Nov even as the truth comes to light.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:54pmWhen will there be arrests in the Fast and Furious scandal? When will Issa resume the hearings on this mess. Why can the DOJ refuse to answer supeonas from congress by saying “you can’t handle the truth” and promoting the guilty ones.
Sweet Old Barack and Holdup are stalling and hoping it will go away.
OMG 2012
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:38pmBarry‘s getting aroused at the news of arresting someone in ’big oil‘ ah yes we can put someone in jail for this even though the government approved the well that’s a minor issue and should be ignored.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:37pmThe efforts were failing by design. Why should this guy go down for what Obama clearly and intentionally made worse? And how timely that they “arrest” a big oil guy close to election time. Guess the war on race and women isn’t producing the desired results?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:41pmI guarantee they’ll “tie” him to Romney somehow! BTW, how can they arrest someone for an “oil spill”? I guess I’ll have to change my oil in secret from now on…
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:36pmI was hoping to see a big smiling picture of the noman!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:36pmProbably someone’s grandmother. They only arrest people who are in disagreement with them or someone who cannot fight back. They need to arrest Obama and Holder.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:34pmHere we go… Evil Oil People… caused all the problems!
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 3:16pmOnly those that the Bush family has investments in ….
’cause ….
it’s all ….. (well, you know the rest)
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:34pmWhen I opened the link to this story I was hoping to see a picture of Stephen Chu in handcuffs.
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