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Judge lets perjury Flint water case go on against Snyder’s former chief of staff
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Attorneys and Genesee Circuit COurt Judge Elizabeth Kelly are shown during a court hearing Monday, March 8, on the perjury charge against Jarrod Agen, former chief of staff and communications director for former Gov. Rick Snyder.
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FLINT, MI The perjury case against former Gov. Rick Snyder’s chief of staff will continue despite protests from his attorney that the charge against him isn’t specific enough, that a one-man grand jury wasn’t authorized to indict him and that the indictment was made in the wrong county.
Former Michigan governor Richard Snyder
is one of the nine charged in the Flint
water crisis investigation.
LANSING Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy announced last week that after 12 months of grand jury proceedings, nine individuals have been indicted on a total of 42 counts related to a series of alleged actions and inactions that created the historic injustice of the Flint Water Crisis. The Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit in Genesee County appointed Judge David Newblatt to act as a one-man grand jury to investigate crimes related to the crisis. Indictments were issued after the grand juror listened to and evaluated the evidence presented.
Judge Elizabeth Kelly to preside over the most serious Flint water cases
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Genesee County Circuit Judge Elizabeth A. Kelly delivers one of four sentences for four men on Monday, May 6, 2019 at Genesee County Circuit Court in downtown Flint, in connection with the July 2017 shooting death of Ballard in his Flint home in the College Cultural neighborhood. (Jake May | MLive.com) Jake May | MLive.com
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FLINT, MI Genesee Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kelly is assigned to preside over seven felony prosecutions related to the Flint water crisis.
Chief Circuit Judge Duncan Beagle made the assignment, which was entered into court records Thursday, Jan. 14, the same day nine indictments were announced and seven defendants facing felonies were arraigned before Kelly.
After a long 12 months, Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy announced that nine individuals will be facing