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In a statement, Snyder s attorney Brian Lennon said the charges were wholly without merit, adding Snyder s lawyers were confident he would be fully exonerated if this flimsy case goes to trial. These unjustified allegations do nothing to resolve a painful chapter in the history of our state, Lennon said. Today s actions merely perpetrate an outrageous political persecution.
Flint has been exposed to extremely high levels of lead since 2014 when city and state officials switched the city s water supply from the Detroit Water System to the contaminated Flint River in an effort to cut costs.
The switch was supposed to be temporary while a new supply line to Lake Huron was completed. When the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality failed to treat the corrosive water, it ate into the city s iron and lead water pipes and leached into the drinking water.