We may learn soon if Michigan’s new Attorney General wants to take the Flint Water Crisis criminal investigation in a new direction.
Attorney General Dana Nessel was critical of the criminal probe into the Flint water crisis when she was campaigning last year. Now that she is the Attorney General, Nessel has some decisions to make.
A Nessel spokeswoman says “No decisions have been made regarding the prosecution team” at this time. But that time may be coming.
The same spokeswoman says an announcement is expected in “the next several days.”
15 current and former government officials have been charged criminally in connection with Flint’s water crisis. Six have reached plea deals with prosecutors. The rest are waiting to see if they will have to stand trial on charges ranging from misconduct to involuntary manslaughter.