Prosecutors are expected to bring new charges Thursday against a host of public officials in the poisoning of Flint. Residents welcome the charges, but attorneys call the case a ‘debacle’ and ‘trial by ambush.’
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AG Nessel s former law partner lands job in her department
ED WHITE, Associated Press
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DETROIT (AP) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel s former law partner has landed a job in her department after working for more than a year as a part-time contractor on the Flint water prosecution team.
Chris Kessel was hired as an assistant attorney general in mid-March and reports to Fadwa Hammoud, solicitor general and leader of the Flint water team, spokeswoman Courtney Covington Watkins told The Associated Press.
Watkins said Nessel was not involved in the hiring decision.
She noted that the attorney general has stayed away from the criminal side of the Flint investigation while representing the state in civil lawsuits related to the city s lead-contaminated water in 2014-15.
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Lansing Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder wants a federal bankruptcy court to hold Attorney General Dana Nessel s office in contempt, arguing confidential documents had been released as part of the Flint water proceedings.
Snyder s attorneys filed a motion Wednesday in Michigan s Eastern District, asking a judge to impose sanctions appropriate to coerce the office s compliance with 2013 court orders that required secrecy about the Detroit bankruptcy mediation.
The filing points to concerns that privileged documents related to the bankruptcy have been shared with other defendants and legal teams involved in the Flint prosecution cases.
The mediation occurred at a time when Flint officials were on course to end their service with the Detroit water system in 2014 over concerns that rates were too high. The Eastern District oversaw the mediation that led to the so-called Grand Bargain resolving the bankruptcy of Michigan s largest city while Snyder was governor.
Nessel s involvement in Michigan unemployment benefits lawsuit is unusual Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press
Christine Holifield was shocked this summer when she got a letter in the mail from the state s Unemployment Insurance Agency telling her she had to pay back $10,000 in jobless benefits.
Holifield, who worked part time as a self-employed contractor making deliveries for an auction house prior to the pandemic, felt this was unfair after being approved for benefits initially. She was later denied after she said she wasn t available to work full time.
So she got a lawyer and appealed the decision to the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission, which is housed under the state s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and has the authority to decide on appeals.