A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint water crisis. He was charged with misdemeanor misconduct in office for allegedly failing to supervise officials who allowed Flint's water to become tainted.
A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint water crisis
The dismissal follows a Michigan Supreme Court decision that says a one-judge grand jury had no authority to issue indictments Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of misconduct in office. He was the first person in state history to be charged for alleged crimes related to service as governor.
Genesee County Judge F. Kay Behm signed the order Wednesday, a day after the U.S. Senate approved her nomination to become a federal judge in eastern Michigan.The Michigan attorney general's office has desperately tried to keep the cases alive but so far has lost at every turn. Prosecutors have argued that the indictments could simply be turned into common criminal complaints in district court, but Behm and another judge have rejected that approach.
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