Here are nine officials charged in Flint water crisis
A total of nine people many of whom are connected to the state s 2014-15 response to a Legionnaires disease outbreak were charged Thursday by Attorney General Dana Nessel s office in relation to the Flint water crisis.
For three former state of Michigan officials, the charges are new. For the six others, charges have been resurrected after Nessel s office in 2019 dismissed all pending cases authorized by her predecessor, Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette, and started the investigation anew.
Those charged range from a former two-term governor to a Flint public works director, from emergency managers to top state officials. Even a maternal infant health specialist was arraigned.
The criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis burst open in historic fashion on Thursday as Attorney General Dana Nessel’s Office detailed sweeping new indictments against former Gov. Rick Snyder, members of his inner circle and others for their roles in the environmental catastrophe.The charges include felony charges of obstruction of justice and extortion against Snyder’s former top aide, Richard Baird, and nine counts of involuntary manslaughter each against two former
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