Flint Water Crisis: Former State Officials Arraigned Thursday
UpdatedThu, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:02 pm ET Replies(17) Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is one of nine people facing charges related to the Flint water crisis. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) FLINT, MI — Former Gov. Rick Snyder is one of several Michigan officials facing charges related to the Flint water crisis. Snyder, 62, was arraigned in 67th District Court in Genesee County Thursday on two counts of willful neglect of duty, misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in jail or a $1,000 fine. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. "Government power is not granted as a blank check. It is borrowe...