A new investigation of the Flint water disaster leads to charges against nine people who are accused of various crimes in a calamitous plan that contaminated the community with lead and left 12 dead.
Rachel Maddow looks at how former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's suspension of democracy brought about the mistakes that created the Flint toxic water crisis, and only now is Snyder, along with other officials, being held to account for their role in what happened.
Defense attorney in Flint water case calls charges politically motivated
FOX 2 - Flint resident Leeanne Walters was measured in her response to the criminal charges filed against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other officials for the Flint water crisis. I don t know how to feel about it at this point and it s just charges at this point, said Leeanne Walters. And they ve already been dropped once, so we have to see what the convictions are. That s going to be the real test of time here.
Defense attorneys in Flint water case weigh in on charges
There are 42 counts between them and former Gov. Rick Snyder is charged with two misdemeanors. His right-hand man Rich Baird is facing several felonies as is former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley.
Mike Pence s Ex-Comms Director Charged With Lying To Flint Water Crisis Investigators
On 1/14/21 at 6:54 PM EST
Jarrod Agen, a former Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Director of Communications for Vice President Mike Pence, was arraigned on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly lying to investigators examining the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Agen faces one felony count of perjury for allegedly lying during an investigative subpoena investigation and giving false statements under oath, Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud said in a Thursday morning press conference.
Agen s arraignment and indictment are part of efforts by the state s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel to indict the state s former Republican Governor Rick Snyder, its former Michigan Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and eight other former officials who now face charges of willful neglect of duty and involuntary manslaughter due to their oversight