President Barack Obama said the oil spill commission he formally unveiled on Saturday must ensure that it does not disrupt "any ongoing or anticipated civil or criminal investigation" arising from the disaster.
Obama, in his executive order establishing the commission, made his first reference to the possibility of a criminal probe into the accident in the Gulf of Mexico, but did not say such an investigation was under way.
Attorney General Eric Holder said on May 3 that the Justice Department was part of the investigation into the BP Plc oil spill, though a U.S. official at the time said it was not a criminal probe.
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