A team of prosecutors and investigators leading the investigation into the Flint water crisis from 2016 through 2018 were assembling a racketeering case against the architects of a bond deal that residents and experts say sparked the health disaster, sources familiar with the criminal investigation have told the Guardian.
The case – which would have come under the Rico (racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations) laws often used to charge organized crime groups – was widespread and set to implicate additional state officials who played a role in the poisoning of Flint, according to these sources.
But when the team was suddenly broken up and the investigation restarted with a new set of investigators, the Rico case never materialized.
What happened? Critics point to the Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel.
Full story:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/17/flint-water-poisoning-charges
Also here:
https://portside.org/2022-01-18/revealed-flint-water-poisoning-charges-never-came-light#:~:text=Revealed%3A%20The%20Flint%20Water%20Poisoning%20Charges%20That%20Never,against%20state%20officials.%20Then%20the%20team%20was%20dismantled.
