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Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is one of nine people facing charges related to the Flint water crisis. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
FLINT, MI Former Gov. Rick Snyder is one of several Michigan officials facing charges related to the Flint water crisis.
Snyder, 62, was arraigned in 67th District Court in Genesee County Thursday on two counts of willful neglect of duty, misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in jail or a $1,000 fine. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Government power is not granted as a blank check. It is borrowed by those who swear an oath to faithfully discharge their duties in service of the people, Fadwa Hammoud, one of two prosecutors appointed to handle criminal investigations stemming from the Flint water crisis, said in a Thursday news conference. When an entire city is victimized by the negligence and indifference of those in power, it deserves an uncompromising investigation that holds to
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty in Flint water crisis
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
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The charges show up in an online case search for Genesee County District Court records.
The record, filed Wednesday, Jan. 13, shows an offense date of April 25, 2014, which was the month that Flint switched from the Detroit public water system to Flint River water. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel authorized the complaint Jan. 8.
Willful neglect of duty is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
News surfaced Tuesday that Snyder, 62, and others connected to the water scandal, which resulted in elevated lead levels in public water, would be charged criminally for their roles.
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Two former Michigan health officials have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease during the Flint water crisis.
Prosecutors revisiting how the city’s water system was contaminated with lead and bacteria also hammered a key adviser to ex-Governor Rick Snyder with extortion and perjury crimes.
Snyder joined a parade of former state and local officials pleading not guilty in Genesee County courts. He is facing misdemeanour charges of willful neglect of duty in Flint in a case that was filed Wednesday night, the first governor or former governor in Michigan’s 184-year history to face charges related to time in that office.