Michigan Ex-Governor Rick Snyder Loses Challenge To Flint Water Charges

Detroit MI

18 March, 2021

3:46 PM

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By Bria Brown, CBS Detroit DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Thursday rejected a request to dismiss misdemeanor charges against a former Michigan governor in the Flint water scandal. Lawyers for Rick Snyder said he worked in Ingham County, not Genesee County, so the indictment was returned in the wrong place. But Judge William Crawford II said prosecutors have flexibility about where to pursue a case. Read more at CBS Detroit