The Flint Water Prosecution Team will announce the outcome of the state’s criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis on Thursday. The crisis began in 2014 when the source of the impoverished city’s water supply was switched to save money. Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and others are expected to be charged after a recent investigation of the Flint water.
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After months of delay and denial by state officials, action is being taken over lead in the water supply in the Michigan city of Flint. But residents say it s too little, too late.
While visiting nearby Detroit this week, President Barack Obama addressed the disaster that has left Flint s nearly 100,000 residents without safe tap water and at risk of lead poisoning. If I was a parent out there I would be beside myself that my kids health could be at risk, President Obama said on Wednesday, adding that he had signed an emergency declaration over the weekend authorising federal aid for Flint.
Michigan Ex-Governor, Other Officials Face Jail Over Flint Water
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January 14, 2021
Rick Snyder, governor of Michigan, listens during a grand opening ceremony at the expanded Toyota Motor North American Research & Development (TMNA R&D) center in York Township, Michigan, U.S., on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Toyota is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company s research and development operations.
(Bloomberg) Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other former state officials could face jail time after the state levied criminal charges against them for alleged mismanagement tied to lead contamination of the water supply in the city of Flint.
Snyder was arraigned Thursday on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect of duty in state court in Genesee County, Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud said during a press conference. Eight other former government officials also were charged, including some with felony perjury and involuntary manslaughter charges, Hammoud