Associated Press
In this March 2016, photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint. (AP photo)
LANSING — Attorneys for former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others facing charges in the Flint water crisis filed a motion Thursday seeking to speed the production of evidence after a judge said he needed at least four months to inspect grand jury records.
The lawyers said the delay will hurt the defendants, who “are left to languish under the specter of reputation-destroying criminal charges with virtually no avenue to challenge or assess the allegations.”
Last week, Genesee County Chief Circuit Judge Duncan Beagle issued an order governing how he will review and release grand jury testimony and exhibits touching on the defendants’ guilt or innocence. He set a status hearing for June 14.