Ex-Snyder aide quits university board after Flint charges
January 15, 2021 GMT
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) Richard Baird, one of nine former officials charged in the Flint water crisis, resigned from the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents on Friday.
Baird, 64, was a top aide to ex-Gov. Rick Snyder, who was arraigned on misdemeanor charges Thursday. In a letter to the board’s chair, Baird said his decision was very difficult but in the best interests of the university.
He said he will be exonerated of the “specious” felony charges perjury, misconduct in office, obstruction of justice and extortion but the legal proceedings will “take quite a long while.”