Flint Man Pleads Guilty To Insurance Fraud - Flint, MI - The man sold or offered customers fraudulent certificates of insurance that appeared to be legitimate, state authorities said.
Rick Snyder, other Flint defendants begin to fight new charges Joe Guillen, Detroit Free Press
Using various legal tactics, former Gov. Rick Snyder and other defendants in the Flint water crisis case are now battling back against a raft of serious charges against them filed by the state s chief law enforcement officer.
Snyder’s legal team is trying to get his case thrown out because the former Republican governor argues he was charged in the wrong place. The misdemeanor charges for alleged willful neglect of duty were filed in Flint’s Genesee County, but they should have been brought in Lansing, where Snyder worked in the governor’s office, according to a motion filed Jan. 25.
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's criminal defense team contends he can't be tried for willful neglect of duty in the Flint water crisis because he wasn't physically in Genesee County when the alleged crimes occurred.
Snyder's attorneys filed a motion Tuesday morning in Genesee County's 67th…
Flint water crisis prosecutors are holding back many of the details connected to new criminal charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others but appear to have laser focused on the connection between Flint water and outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in the area in making the charges.
Former Gov. Rick Snyder was arraigned Thursday by a Genesee County judge on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect of duty while his administration oversaw Flint in emergency management that led to the city's lead-tainted water crisis.Appearing on Zoom in a Genesee County jail booth, the one…