Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore Blasts Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell Over BP Settlement

Photo source: The Lens

Photo source: The Lens

Lt. Gen. Russel Honore has come out with an opinion piece that is critical of the decision by Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to settle with oilfield giant BP over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  In what amounts to Caldwell being called out for aiding and abetting his big money attorney friends while ignoring the best interests of his state, Honore calls Caldwell to the carpet and states that the state could have gotten a better settlement.

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Posted on July 10, 2015 and filed under Louisiana, Oil and Gas, Jeff Landry.