FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general has charged six more state employees with crimes related to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint.
The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2ajtAwQ ) a judge Friday authorized the charges filed by the office of Bill Schuette. He plans to formally announce the charges at a morning news conference.
All are charged with misconduct in office, willful neglect of duty and various conspiracy counts.
The poor, majority black city of 100,000 used the Flint River for tap water for 18 months to save money. Residents used improperly treated water that coursed through aging pipes and fixtures, releasing toxic lead.
It’s the second round of Flint water-related charges that the Republican attorney general has brought. In April, two state regulators and a city employee were charged with official misconduct, evidence-tampering and other offenses.
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Karoub reported from Detroit.
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Any of these folks have “Governor” in their name?
No, but the state AG has already worked out one plea deal with a member of the first batch charged in exchange for “cooperation” with prosecutors, so they are slowly working their way up the food chain. If you look at the statistics for Governors in the country for the last 20 years, they have a nasty habit of ending up charged with crimes, sometimes going to prison, so its not out of the question.
Or the title of Emergency Manager?
No. The AG is going to run for Governor when all this is done. He needs Snyder’s donors. It’s never gonna go to the top. This entire thing by the AG is being slow-walked deliberately.
No accountability for Governor Rick “The Poisoner” Snyder. He should be waterboarded at the Governors mansion with the Flint municipal lead pipe juice.