Former Gov. Snyder, 8 others criminally charged, accused of trampling trust of Flint people
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
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FLINT, MI After a second extensive investigation into the Flint water crisis, Attorney General Dana Nessel with Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Thursday announced criminal charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight other former officials in state and city government.
“This case has nothing whatsoever to do with partisanship,” Worthy said. “This case is about justice, truth, accountability, poisoned children, lost lives and shattered families that are still not whole, and simply giving a damn about all of humanity.”
Share January 14, 2021, 8:56 AM A mad dash of phone calls in October 2014 may imply that former Gov. Rick Snyder was aware of Flint s Legionnaires disease outbreak far earlier than he admits to, a new report claims. Former Gov. Rick Snyder (file photo) Snyder has testified that he became aware of the water crisis in January 2016, and informed the public the following day. The Legionnaires outbreak, also tied to the water supply but with far more connected deaths officially 12, but likely more took longer to tie to the change in Flint s water supply, which happened in April 2014. According to the findings of an investigation launched by Nessel’s predecessor, then-Attorney General Bill Schuette, Snyder was involved in a mad dash of phone calls in October 2014 at the same time the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint was raising alarm bells among state health and environmental officials yet still unknown to the Flint residents drink
Flint water crisis: Who’s being charged and what were their roles
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Nearly seven years after the Flint water crisis began, key players in the catastrophe are expected to be criminally charged in Michigan.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday afternoon that former Gov. Rick Snyder and others have been told they are being charged with crimes related to the water crisis.
Here’s who they are and the roles they played:
Gov. Rick Snyder takes his seat before a hearing about the Flint water crisis in front of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Washington D.C. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | MLive.com