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Criminal charges filed in Flint water crisis - AG says it's 'just the beginning'

By Robert Laurie ——--April 21, 2016

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Investigators in Michigan are continuing to pursue their inquiry into precisely who is responsible for the Flint water crisis. Attorney General Bill Schuette has a small army of people sifting through reams of internal government correspondence trying to determine who knew what, and when they knew it. Yesterday, the first charges were announced - and we were warned that they will not be the last. The investigation is ongoing, and everyone is in its crosshairs.
From the Detroit Free Press:
Three officials responsible for maintaining safe water in Flint tinkered with evidence, tweaked testing and misled county and federal officials, helping to set in motion the contamination of the city's drinking water with lead, according to criminal charges filed by Michigan's chief law enforcement official Wednesday. "These charges are only the beginning and there will be more to come. That I can guarantee you," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told an afternoon news conference in downtown Flint. Schuette's office filed charges against Mike Glasgow, 40, of Flint, the city's laboratory and water quality supervisor; Mike Prysby, 53, of Bath, a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality official; and Stephen Busch, 40, of DeWitt, the Lansing district coordinator for the DEQ’s Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance.
It's the "only the beginning" comment that has liberals salivating. They've long despised Michigan's Republican Governor because he's managed to undo much of the damage caused by his predecessor, Clintonista and "worst Governor in history" Jennifer Granholm. For them, the water crisis as a chance to take him out of office - if not toss him in jail. So far, they've been disappointed because there's been nothing to indicate that he was complicit in any criminal wrongdoing. It's unlikely, but not impossible, for that to change.
The attorney general said there were no "targets" for his continuing investigation but said nobody has been ruled out. He declined at the news conference to say whether his team anticipating interviewing Snyder as part of his probe. "Everything's on the table," he said. “Our system of justice applies to everyone,” he said. “No one is above the law,” adding “we will go where the e-mails take us,” a reference to the hundreds of thousands of pages of internal government e-mails disclosed by the Snyder administration in response to the crisis.
And that's as it should be. If "the emails" provide proof of criminal wrongdoing, a person should be charged regardless of their political position. It doesn't matter if they're a local official, a Governor, or a lying presidential candidate. Apply the letter of the law equally and fairly, and justice is served. Protect people from due charges because they're political allies, and you're no better than the person who committed the crime.

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