FLINT, MI (WTVB) – It was a dramatic morning in Genesee County courtrooms as former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other government officials were charged for their alleged involvement in the Flint water crisis.
Snyder has been charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. The charge has a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail and a fine of $1,000.
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud accused the former Governor of willfully neglecting Flint residents and that he failed to protect their health and safety.
Snyder’s attorney Brian Lennon called the case a travesty. He added in a written statement, “These unjustified allegations do nothing to resolve a painful chapter in the history of our state. Today’s actions merely perpetrate an outrageous political persecution.”
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The crisis, which began in 2014, left the city of Flint's drinking water contaminated with lead, with some blaming a 2016 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that killed at least 12 people.
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