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Flint water crisis: Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty

Flint water crisis: Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty
CNN
1/14/2021
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Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and former Flint Public Works director Howard Croft were each charged Wednesday with two counts of willful neglect of duty as part of an investigation into the Flint water crisis, according to court documents.
The charges are misdemeanors, punishable with up to one year in prison or a fine of up to $1,000, the state s penal code shows.
CNN has reached out to an attorney for Snyder and an attorney for Croft for comment on the charges.
Twelve people died and more than 80 were sickened as a result of two waves of a Legionnaires disease outbreak in Flint during the water crisis. ....

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Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty related to Flint water crisis

Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged with willful neglect of duty related to Flint water crisis
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and former Flint Public Works director Howard Croft were each charged Wednesday with two counts of willful neglect of duty as part of an investigation into the Flint water crisis, according to court documents.
The charges are misdemeanors, punishable with up to one year in prison or a fine of up to $1,000, the state’s penal code shows.
CNN has reached out to an attorney for Snyder and an attorney for Croft for comment on the charges.
Twelve people died and more than 80 were sickened as a result of two waves of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint during the water crisis. ....

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Flint water: Former Michigan governor faces charges for crisis that killed 12 people

Flint water: Former Michigan governor and 8 others face charges in water crisis that left 12 dead
CNN
1/14/2021
By Dakin Andone, Evan Simko-Bednarski, Madeline Holcombe and Taylor Romine, CNN
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Gov. Rick Snyder testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, DC on March 17, 2016.
Twelve people died and more than 80 were sickened during the Flint water crisis, and now authorities are holding Michigan officials responsible.
In a news conference Thursday, prosecutors announced charges against nine officials for their roles in the crisis, including former Gov. Rick Snyder, who faces two counts of willful neglect of duty. Snyder has pleaded not guilty to the charges. ....

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Flint water: Former Michigan governor faces charges ove crisis that left 12 people dead

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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. ....

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Former Michigan governor faces charges for the Flint water crisis that left 12 people dead

Former Michigan governor faces charges for the Flint water crisis that left 12 people dead
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