Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence After Gulf Spill

U.S. Coast Guard
A file photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard of the fire aboard the drilling unit Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destruction of critical evidence after the spill.
HOUSTON — Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destruction of critical evidence after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.