AG Nessel s former law partner lands job in her department
ED WHITE, Associated Press
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DETROIT (AP) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel s former law partner has landed a job in her department after working for more than a year as a part-time contractor on the Flint water prosecution team.
Chris Kessel was hired as an assistant attorney general in mid-March and reports to Fadwa Hammoud, solicitor general and leader of the Flint water team, spokeswoman Courtney Covington Watkins told The Associated Press.
Watkins said Nessel was not involved in the hiring decision.
She noted that the attorney general has stayed away from the criminal side of the Flint investigation while representing the state in civil lawsuits related to the city s lead-contaminated water in 2014-15.
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Lansing Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants a federal bankruptcy court to hold Attorney General Dana Nessel s office in contempt, arguing confidential documents had been released as part of the Flint water proceedings.
Snyder s attorneys filed a motion Wednesday in Michigan s Eastern District, asking a judge to impose sanctions appropriate to coerce the office s compliance with 2013 court orders that required secrecy about the Detroit bankruptcy mediation.
The filing points to concerns that privileged documents related to the bankruptcy have been shared with other defendants and legal teams involved in the Flint prosecution cases.
The mediation occurred at a time when Flint officials were on course to end their service with the Detroit water system in 2014 over concerns that rates were too high. The Eastern District oversaw the mediation that led to the so-called Grand Bargain resolving the bankruptcy of Michigan s largest city while Snyder was governor.
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In this March 2016, photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint. (AP photo)
LANSING Attorneys for former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others facing charges in the Flint water crisis filed a motion Thursday seeking to speed the production of evidence after a judge said he needed at least four months to inspect grand jury records.
The lawyers said the delay will hurt the defendants, who “are left to languish under the specter of reputation-destroying criminal charges with virtually no avenue to challenge or assess the allegations.”
Last week, Genesee County Chief Circuit Judge Duncan Beagle issued an order governing how he will review and release grand jury testimony and exhibits touching on the defendants’ guilt or innocence. He set a status hearing for June 14.
Lawyers for former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight other defendants oppose a motion from a Genesee County Chief Circuit Judge who requested extra time to review grand jury testimony. They say the delay will hurt the defendants.