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Revealed: the Flint water poisoning charges that never came to light

The former criminal prosecution team investigating the Flint water crisis was building a racketeering case against state officials. Then the team was dismantled

Jordan Chariton and Charlie LeDuff

Mon 17 Jan 2022 

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.