Former Gov. Rick Snyder to be charged with crime in Flint water crisis, AP reports
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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FLINT, MI Former Gov. Rick Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged for crimes related to the Flint water crisis, the Associated Press is reporting.
Snyder, who served as governor during the water crisis, appointed a series of emergency financial managers who ran Flint government before and during the water crisis, and has previously apologized for state government’s role in the emergency.
The AP did not detail the potential charge or charges facing the former governor, whose cabinet members downplayed the seriousness of the water crisis for most of 2014 and 2015, a time when emergency managers appointed by Snyder made a series of decisions that led to the city’s use of the Flint River as its source of drinking water.
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Flint water crisis began in 2014 when the city began taking water from the Flint River without treating it properly, contaminating it with lead.
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