... [The] version of the [Wall Street] Journal report also notes that

"Justice still could decide not to bring charges against the individuals, people familiar with the situation said. It's not unusual for prosecutors to use the threat of charges to pressure people to cooperate in investigations."

We all know that there is a terrible shortage of attorneys in the United States, and how could the Department of Justice be expected to prosecute every multi-billion dollar environmental violation.

Can you imagine how many seminars in Hawaii and Florida and New York would have to cancelled to provide enought manpower to actually take this to trial?

How many lawyers with 30-60 day leave time accumulated would have to cancel their travel plans? How many "compassionate leaves", "first month maternity leaves", "illness in the family leaves" would have to be cancelled.

It might require moving assets and money from closing Medical Marijuana shops in California.

Worse yet, it might involve requiring attorneys who are within one year of retiring, to actually do some productive work. Of the shame!

And, of course, even if they could find enough attorneys, and could afford the litigation, there is also the fact that B.P. is a huge campaign contributor.

Best to follow the SEC model. Ignore the problem until the children of the criminals come in to report their fathers, or just settle for pennies on the dollar, see: SEC v. Citi, Judge Rakoff.

Ref: Huffington Post.

Yes the Obama Holder J.D. will certainly let settle and avoid jail time!

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