text: Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS AG Bill Schuette on investigation into Gov. Snyder | 1:51 In an interview with the Free Press, Attorney General Bill Schuette was asked about his team’s investigation into Gov. Rick Snyder regarding the Flint water crisis. Here’s what he had to say. Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press 1 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Who is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the Flint water crisis? | 1:22 Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today filed new, more serious charges in the Flint Water Crisis investigation, but also said the case is shifting to a new phase. Detroit Free Press 2 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS See who gave Flint more than $1B | 1:30 Since its founding, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has now granted $1 billion (in actual dollars — not inflation — adjusted) in the Flint area. Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press 3 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS 5 officials charged with involuntary manslaughter over Flint water crisis | 42:09 Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announces charges for six state and local officials in connection to the Flint water crisis. Five people have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press 4 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint water might have made people sick again, but not from lead | 1:12 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the first genetic link between Legionnaires' disease and Flint River water. Video provided by Newsy Newslook 5 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS See what's the latest on the Flint Water Crisis | 1:25 Pipes at 1,492 homes have been replaced so far through Flint Mayor Karen Weaver’s FAST Start Initiative. Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press 6 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint mayor wants meeting with governor | 0:33 Flint Mayor Karen Weaver is unhappy the state is ending subsidies for city water bills. 7 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS The lead levels in Flint's water are finally going down | 0:59 The levels of lead in the Michigan city's water are within federal standards, according to a new report. Video provided by Newsy Newslook 8 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint's Michael Moore rips Donald Trump in D.C. speech | 17:19 Flint filmmaker Michael Moore didn't hold back, ranting about President Donald Trump at the women's march in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Associated Press 9 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Gov. Rick Snyder talks charges in Flint water crisis | 0:58 Gov. Rick Snyder talks to Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press about potential charges regarding the Flint water crisis. Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal 10 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Don't Forget About Flint | 17:45 The ongoing Flint water crisis has taken a toll on residents of this iconic Michigan city, who have been living with lead-tainted tap water for over two years. One Flint resident describes the experience as, “like being in war, but without violence.” 11 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Documentary on Flint water crisis to debut next year | 0:48 According to The Hollywood Reporter, a new documentary about the ongoing water crisis in the city of Flint is set to debut in 2017. Wochit 12 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint resident describes struggles dealing with Flint water crisis | 1:23 Flint resident Angie Thornton–George discusses the impacts on Flint residents lives dealing with the ongoing Flint water crisis. Ryan Garza Detroit Free Press 13 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS AG Bill Schuette announces charges in Flint water crisis | 26:51 Six more state employees were charged with crimes today for their roles in the Flint Water Crisis because of negligence and arrogance, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said. 14 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint Mayor Karen Weaver speaks at Democratic National Convention | 4:19 Flint Mayor Karen Weaver speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. USA TODAY 15 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Bill Schuette announces Flint water crisis lawsuits | 2:05 Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced lawsuits against companies for their roles in the Flint water crisis on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press 16 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint to Get Lake Water When System is Ready | 1:20 The mayor of Flint, Mich. said the city will get water from the Karegnondi Water Authority as soon as that system is ready, even though she had threatened to break an agreement to join the system following Flint's lead-tainted water crisis. (June 21) AP 17 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Church Aids Spanish Speakers in Flint Crisis | 1:56 The water crisis in Flint is exacerbating concerns some in the Michigan city’s Latino community have about deportation, immigration or even a simple understanding of what’s going on. (June 8) AP 18 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS NAACP sues Michigan officials For negligence in Flint water crisis | 0:58 The NAACP says Michigan officials stopped drinking Flint's water before they informed the public that there was a problem.Video provided by Newsy Newslook 19 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snoop, Mo-Pete and hoops to help Flint | 4:03 Former MSU and NBA star Morris Peterson teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg for the Hoop 4 Water charity game in Flint on Saturday. (Chris Solari/LSJ) 20 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder, Weaver urge residents to flush taps | 1:23 Gov. Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver speak to reporters at Flint City Hall on May 12, 2016. Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press Videolicious 21 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Obama: 'Corrosive attitude' led to Flint crisis | 1:57 President Barack Obama traveled to Flint, Michigan to talk to city leaders and residents about the city's water contamination crisis. He said a "corrosive attitude in our politics" is partly to blame. (May 4) AP 22 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Obama drinks filtered Flint water in Michigan | 2:51 Showing support for the beleaguered residents of Flint, Michigan, President Barack Obama drank filtered city water on Wednesday to show that it is again safe following a lead-contamination crisis. (May 4) AP 23 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Obama greets 'Little Miss Flint' with massive bear hug | 0:50 President Obama responded to a letter from 8-year-old Amariyanna Copeny, aka "Little Miss Flint", in the best way: by visiting her in her hometown. They met in person just before he gave a speech about the water crisis impacting the Flint community. 24 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS 8-year-old girl's letter inspires Obama to visit Flint | 1:32 Flint resident Amariyanna 'Mari' Copeny, 8, wrote a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to come to Flint. Inspired by the letter, the president will visit Flint to talk about the Flint water crisis. Ryan Garza Detroit Free Press 25 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint resident reacts to criminal charges announced today | 0:44 Flint resident David Frownfelter reacts to criminal charges announced by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's ongoing Flint water investigation. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press 26 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Schuette announces charges in Flint water crisis | 4:34 Two Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees and a Flint city official were charged in the Flint water crisis. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press 27 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Gov. Rick Snyder reacts to criminal charges in Flint water crisis | 1:03 Gov. Rick Snyder told reporters Wednesday that possible wrongdoing by a few individuals should not reflect on all 47,000 state employees. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press Videolicious 28 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder says he'll drink Flint water for 30 days | 1:07 Gov. Rick Snyder says he visited a Flint home Monday and filled three one-gallon jugs with filtered tap water. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press 29 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder discusses aid for Flint | 0:55 Gov. Rick Snyder discusses state and federal aid for the Flint drinking water crisis after a meeting in Flint Friday. Videolicious 30 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint Mayor Karen Weaver updates reporters on lead lines | 0:38 Flint Mayor Karen Weaver updates reporters about city's progress to replace lead service lines. Matthew Dolan Detroit Free Press 31 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Legionnaires' disease: 5 things you need to know | 0:55 In light of the recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City, here are five facts you need to know about the disease. 32 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint man describes living without water during Flint water crisis | 1:55 Flint resident Darryl Wilson describes the difficulties of living through the Flint Water Crisis without running water in his home. 33 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Mica calls for McCarthy's resignation | 1:33 Rep John Mica calls for EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s resignation 34 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Mark Ruffalo puts spotlight on Flint water crisis | 2:18 Academy Award-nominated actor calls on President Obama to declare Flint a national disaster amid drinking water crisis. Detroit Free Press 35 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Elijah E. Cumming's opening statement at Flint water hearing | 0:37 Rep. Elijah E. Cummings' opening statements. 36 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Gerry Connolly questions Rick Snyder | 3:13 Rep. Gerry Connolly questions Gov. Rick Snyder. 37 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder on what has changed after Flint crisis | 0:33 Gov. Rick Snyder talks about what has changed after the Flint water crisis. 38 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder can only take so much at Flint hearing | 2:49 Gov. Rick Snyder interrupts EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy at the Flint water hearing. 39 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Gov. Snyder: Government 'failed the families of Flint' | 0:38 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder called the water crisis in Flint a 'failure of government at all levels' during his testimony at a hearing before Congress on Thursday. The people of Flint, including more than 8,000 children, were exposed to lead for mo 40 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint water crisis: 5 things you need to know | 1:35 The once quiet city of Flint, Michigan is facing a drinking water crisis that is drawing concern from around the nation. Here's what you need to know about how the public health crisis has evolved. VPC 41 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint resident begins gathering info for recall of Snyder | 1:16 Flint resident Quincy Murphy gathers information from registered voters for recall efforts against Michigan Governor Rick Snyder over the water crisis. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press 42 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS New trouble in Flint: Adults poisoned, too | 1:56 Flint resident Aaron Stinson, 39, discusses getting news that he has the highest blood lead level in county for adults during Flint water crisis. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press 43 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addresses reporters in Flint | 3:40 Gov. Snyder answers questions about the federal government's response to the Flint water crisis and reaffirms that he will not resign. 44 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder says feds had multiple failures on Flint | 0:52 Gov, Rick Snyder said Tuesday he hopes federal officials are being asked tough questions about Flint. Videolicious 45 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint Water Contamination Could Lead To Manslaughter Charges | 0:49 If the investigation finds a link, officials could be charged with involuntary manslaughter. 46 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint water main breaks causes boil water advisory | 0:29 Water flows from a large transmission water main break in Flint causing a precautionary boil advisory for residents already dealing with Flint water crisis. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press 47 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS AG Schuette's Flint water Investigation | 1:33 Attorney Todd Flood, with AG Bill Schuette (to Flood's left), describes charges that could emerge from the Flint drinking water investigation. Videolicious 48 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint doctor weighs in on water crisis | 0:28 Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha says education is important because residents helped bring the crisis to light. Eric D. Lawrence/Detroit Free Press 49 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Warehouse fire dominates Highland Park skyline | 1:03 An early morning warehouse fire dominates the Highland Park skyline forcing some residents to evacuate and a warning for residents to boil their water. Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press 50 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Pistons' Stan Van Gundy talks Flint water crisis | 2:22 Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy, the players and others are donating $500,000 to the relief efforts in Flint during the water crisis that has garnered national attention. Video by Vince Ellis, DFP 51 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint activist reacts to rejection of Snyder recall petition. | 0:40 Flint resident Quincy Murphy said Thursday he will try again after a state panel rejected his recall petition targeting Gov. Rick Snyder. 52 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint OHL team says its water is safe | 1:53 Flint Firebirds president Costa Papista says the water at Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center has been tested and found to contain no lead. 53 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Lions donate 100,000 bottles of water to Flint | 1:18 Detroit Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah and his teammates led a drive that donated more than 100,000 bottles to community centers in Flint. By Dave Birkett, DFP. 54 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint resident speaks on water crisis | 0:44 Michigan State Police and National Guard members gave Flint residents bottles water, filters and lead testing kits Jan. 21. Katrease Stafford Detroit Free Press 55 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Michael Moore talks in Flint on the water crisis | 2:15 Flint native and director talked to a crowd of 150 about the ongoing Flint water crisis that is affecting thousands of people. Eric Seals/DFP 56 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Snyder answers questions during auto show tour | 2:57 Gov. Rick Snyder tours the Detroit auto show, but gets questions about the Flint water crisis and Detroit Public Schools. Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press 57 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Flint water emergency press conference | 1:26 Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells discusses Flint water emergency during press conference at State Emergency Operations Center in Lansing. Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press 58 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Gov. Rick Snyder meets with Flint mayor on water crisis | 2:13 Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said they had a constructive meeting Thursday on the drinking water crisis. Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press 59 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder on the Flint water crisis | 2:23 Michigan governor Rick Snyder talks about the Flint water situation with the editorial board of the Detroit Free Press on Monday, December 14, 2015. Romain Blanquart Detroit Free Press 60 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Ann Arbor resident describes anger toward Gov. Snyder | 2:13 Susan Fecteau said she's upset with the way Gov. Rick Snyder has handled the Flint water crisis. Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press 61 of 62 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE FLINT WATER CRISIS Matt Cartwright questions Gov. Rick Snyder | 1:12 Rep. Matt Cartwright questions Gov. Rick Snyder 62 of 62 Last VideoNext Video AG Bill Schuette on investigation into Gov. Snyder 
   
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   FLINT — Six state employees were criminally charged this morning in district court in connection with the Flint water crisis. 
   
   Charged are Michigan Department of Health and Human Services workers Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott, and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Liane Shekter-Smith; Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook, according to testimony this morning in Flint’s district court. 
   
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   Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Todd Flood, the Royal Oak attorney heading the AG's investigation, discussed the charges at an 11:30 a.m. news conference at U-M Flint. 
   
   "Some people failed to act, others minimized harm done and arrogantly chose to ignore data, some intentionally altered figures ... and covered up significant health risks," he said. 
   
   In April, Schuette announced felony charges against two Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials and one City of Flint official. At that time, he promised more criminal charges would be forthcoming. 
   
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   The city employee, Mike Glasgow, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and is cooperating with the investigation as other charges were dropped. The two DEQ employees, Stephen Busch and Mike Prysby, are awaiting preliminary examinations. 
   
   He later brought a civil lawsuit against engineering and consulting firms who had consulted on the Flint Water Treatment Plant. 
   
   The civil lawsuit, filed in Flint in Genesee County Circuit Court, accuses engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam and environmental consultant Veolia North America, plus related companies, of causing "the Flint Water Crisis to occur, continue and worsen." Both companies have denied any wrongdoing and vowed to fight the lawsuit. 
   
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   Flint's drinking water became contaminated in lead in April 2014 after the city, while under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager, switched from treated water supplied from Detroit to raw water from the Flint River, which was treated at the Flint Water Treatment Plant. 
   
   DEQ officials have acknowledged a mistake in failing to require corrosion control chemicals to be added to the water. As a result, lead leached from pipes, joints and fixtures into Flint households and harmful lead levels spiked in Flint children. 
   
   Read or Share this story: http://on.freep.com/2ahfYQM ||||| FLINT, MI -- Six more state employees were charged in connection to the water crisis in Flint. 
   
   Michigan Department of Environmental Quality workers official Liane Shekter Smith, Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook were all charged, along with Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. 
   
   Jeff Seipenko, a special agent with the Attorney General's Office, requested the warrants on Friday, July 29 before Flint District Judge Nathaniel C. Perry III. 
   
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   Peeler, Miller and Scott were charged with misconduct in office, conspiracy to commit misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty. 
   
   Shekter Smith was charged with misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty. 
   
   Cook is accused of misconduct in office, conspiracy to engage in misconduct in office and neglect of duty. 
   
   Rosenthal was charged with misconduct in office, conspiracy to tamper with evidence, tampering with evidence and neglect. 
   
   This is the second round of charges in connection to Flint's water crisis. 
   
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   Three state and city employees were charged with felonies and misdemeanors in connection to the city's water crisis in April. 
   
   Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby were the first charged in Attorney General Bill Schuette's investigation into the lead-tainted water in the city. 
   
   Schuette announced in April that he was filing criminal charges against two state Department of Environmental Quality Employees and one city employee for their roles in the water crisis. 
   
   Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby were each charged with felonies. 
   
   Engineering firms 'botched' Flint water studies, attorney general says 
   
   Glasgow pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor in exchange for his agreement to cooperate with prosecutors. 
   
   The felony cases are still ongoing against Busch and Prysby. 
   
   Schuette also announced in June that his office filed a civil lawsuit against Veolia North American and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, which were hired to conduct engineering studies on the city's water system. 
   
   Schuette's lawsuit accused Veolia and LAN of professional negligence and public nuisance. Veolia is also accused of fraud. 
   
   The firms have denied any wrongdoing. 
   
   Schuette has a news conference set scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to discus the charges. ||||| These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites. ||||| (CNN) Reports from two different Michigan agencies on the same day in July 2015 -- raising concerns about high levels of lead in Flint's children and in its water -- were altered or buried to cover up the Flint water crisis , according to state Attorney General Bill Schuette. 
   
   Six current and former state employees, including the woman in charge of drinking water quality, were charged Friday in a widening criminal investigation into the crisis. The allegations show a concerted effort to cover up warning signs of lead poisoning, according to prosecutors. 
   
   The investigation -- so far encompassing more than 200 interviews and nearly eight months -- is not over. 
   
   Additional charges could be forthcoming, Schuette told reporters, comparing the matter to a mob investigation, which never starts "at the top." 
   
   Prosecutors said the state Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health and Human Services both altered and manipulated data, and advised others not to report problems, Schuette alleges. 
   
   "It looks pretty obvious," special appointed prosecutor Todd Flood said. "Two agencies manipulating reports on the same day, in that lock-step going to stage left. That seems significant to me, but I'm going to let that play out in the investigation." 
   
   Investigators said they have to be careful not to reveal too much detail as they move ahead. They've also responded to calls from some advocates for Gov. Rick Snyder to be charged with a single mantra: No one is a target, and no one is immune. 
   
   With the latest round of charges, a total of nine current and former state and local officials face counts ranging from willful neglect of duty to conspiracy over allegations they withheld information from the public about lead contamination in the city's drinking water. Three lower level officials were charged in the spring, and one is cooperating, Schuette said. 
   
   "The families of Flint will not be forgotten," Schuette said at a news conference. "We will provide the justice they deserve. And in Michigan, the justice system is not rigged. There is one system of justice. The laws apply to everyone, equally, no matter who you are." 
   
   Prosecutors say the investigation is on track to be the largest ever in the state of Michigan. 
   
   "Every time you turn the page you say to yourself you can't make this up," said Flood. 
   
   'Treated as expendable' 
   
   The highest-ranking officials charged Friday is Liane Shekter-Smith, former chief of the Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. She is charged with one count of misconduct in office and one count of willful neglect of duty. 
   
   Shekter-Smith's name has already been raised in congressional investigations after Flint mother Lee Anne Waters alleged that Shekter-Smith bragged about silencing an EPA employee who leaked a 2015 memo about rising lead levels. 
   
   Charging documents now allege that Shekter-Smith took steps to mislead the public and conceal evidence, ignoring "reports that the (water) plant was out of compliance, lied that the plant was certified and lied to her superiors," according to Schuette. 
   
   Two of her employees also were charged. Water quality analyst Adam Rosenthal allegedly manipulated a report on July 28, 2015, which showed higher than acceptable levels of lead in Flint's water, according to prosecutors. 
   
   Another employee, Patrick Cook, community drinking water unit specialist, allegedly misled the EPA with false information. They are both charged with misconduct in office, a felony, and other misdemeanors. 
   
   A separate report at another agency, dated the same day, July 28, 2015, raised concerns about higher than usual levels of lead in Flint's children during the summer of 2014. Schuette said the report was "buried," never forwarded to health officials by Nancy Peeler, director of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. 
   
   Another former MDHHS employee, Corinne Miller, allegedly told others not to take action, and instructed one employee to delete emails concerning the original blood lead data from July 28, 2015, officials claim. 
   
   A third employee, Robert Scott, data manager for the Healthy Homes and Lead Prevention Program, then created a second, "bogus" report, falsely indicating no significant rise in blood lead levels in children, according to Schuette. 
   
   Prosecutors said there was communication between Shekter-Smith at the MDEQ and the MDHHS officials on July 28, 2015. 
   
   Peeler, Miller and Scott each face one count of misconduct in office, one count of conspiracy, and one count of willful neglect of duty. 
   
   Attorney general doesn't mince words 
   
   When asked about a motive, prosecutors said it was arrogance. 
   
   "Part arrogance, part viewing people in Flint as expendable. Covering things up, hiding things," Schuette said. 
   
   Shekter-Smith's attorney, Brian Morley, declined comment. Attorneys for the others were not immediately available. 
   
   When Schuette in April announced charges against three other officials, residents called for more arrests. 
   
   Friday's charges stem from his long investigation of a crisis that began to unfold in spring 2014, when the state opted to switch the source of the city's water. 
   
   "The victims are real people, families who have been lied to by government officials and been treated as expendable," Schuette said. "But when our investigation is completed and our prosecutions are successful -- and we believe they will be -- then accountability and justice will be delivered to families of Flint and families of Michigan." 
   
   What is the crisis? 
   
   Two years ago, in a move to save money, the state switched Flint's water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River, a tributary notorious for its filth . The Department of Environmental Quality failed to treat the corrosive water, which ate into the city's iron and lead pipes, causing lead to leach into the drinking water. 
   
   Last year, researchers and medical personnel discovered high levels of lead in Flint residents , especially children. Lead has been tied to a host of medical problems, especially in the nervous system. 
   
   It's a massive public health crisis that has drawn national attention, and there's plenty of blame to go around. Already one group of investigators has concluded that government at every single level failed Flint 
   
   Who were previously charged? 
   
   City employee Mike Glasgow and state employees Stephen Busch and Mike Prysby. 
   
   Busch, a district water supervisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, and Prysby, a district water engineer, each face six charges. 
   
   Accusations include misleading federal regulatory officials, manipulating water sampling and tampering with reports. Busch and Prysby have pleaded not guilty. 
   
   Glasgow reached a plea deal on other charges. 
   
   Has anyone agreed to work with prosecutors? 
   
   Glasgow. 
   
   In May, Glasgow gave a plea of no contest to willful neglect of duty, a misdemeanor, citing reasons of possible civil liability, according to his attorney, Robert Harrison. A felony charge of tampering with evidence was dropped. 
   
   Glasgow tampered with a 2015 report, "Lead and Copper Report and Consumer Notice of Lead Result," and failed to perform his duties as a treatment plant operator, the Michigan Attorney General's Office has said. 
   
   Glasgow told CNN that Busch and Prysby directed him to alter water quality reports and remove the highest lead levels. 
   
   What about the governor? 
   
   Snyder has maintained he has done nothing wrong. Snyder, a Republican, has withstood calls to resign over the water disaster. Residents have called for him to be charged. 
   
   "Was it actually criminal? Or was it poor decision-making?" Snyder said in April. "And again, I'm not looking for vindication. This is about getting to the truth, getting to accountability." 
   
   Schuette's office has said that the governor's private attorneys withheld certain documents from the investigation, and that some unnamed agencies weren't being fully cooperative. He also said internal state investigations were interfering with their ability to take statements from certain employees. 
   
   On Friday, Flood said there has been "great constructive dialogue" and "I'm hopeful that with the governor's team we will come to a meeting of the minds." 
   
   How is the water now? 
   
   The city switched back to the Lake Huron water supply in October. In January, the governor declared a state of emergency, one month after the city's mayor did. 
   
   President Barack Obama visited Flint in May and spoke after a briefing from officials on response efforts to the lead poisoning. After the session, Obama took a sip from a glass of filtered Flint water, insisting that residents should feel safe if they also drank water that had been filtered. 
   
   President Obama visited Flint in May. 
   
   Flint Mayor Karen Weaver spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. 
   
   "The problems in Flint are not over," she said. "The water is still not safe to drink or cook with from the tap. Our infrastructure is broken, leaking, and rusting away." 
   
   On Flint's website, the city advises residents to "continue using water filters and bottled water while long-term solutions are being developed." 
   
   How many civil lawsuits are there? 
   
   More than 50 lawsuits have been filed since January. The state made the decision to switch the water source, but some lawsuits accuse the city of being complicit by not doing enough during the 18 months that residents received their drinking water from the Flint River. 
   
   In June, Schuette sued two companies that were assisting Flint with its water treatment process. The charges listed in the lawsuit include professional negligence, public nuisance and fraud. 
   
   Veolia, a French water company, called the suit "outrageous." 
   
   "The allegations against Veolia are false, inaccurate, and unwarranted," the company said in a written statement . "Sadly for the citizens of Flint and throughout Michigan, the lawsuit represents the latest attempt to deflect responsibility by government officials and representatives who caused and are responsible for this situation." 
   
   Texas engineering services firm Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, or LAN, said it did the work it was supposed to do in " a responsible and responsible manner ." 
   
   "Decisions not to provide appropriate corrosion control, which may have resulted in a decline in water quality, were made by the city and the (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality), not by LAN," the Texas company said. ||||| Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Attorney General Bill Schuette on Friday charged six more state employees with felonies for their alleged role in Flint's water contamination. Chad Livengood, The Detroit News 
   
   From the campus of University of Michigan, Flint, MI., Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, right, announces 18 additional charges against four current and two former employees from two state departments in dealing with Flint water July 29, 2016. With him are Chief Investigator, FBI Special Agent Andy Arena, center, and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, left. (Photo: John M. Galloway, Detroit News) 
   
   Flint — Criminal charges leveled Friday against six current and former state employees center around allegations they altered or concealed alarming reports showing high levels of toxic lead in Flint’s water and the bloodstreams of the city’s children. 
   
   Attorney General Bill Schuette’s prosecutors contend much of the cover-up occurred on or around the same day in late July last year. 
   
   At the Department of Health and Human Services, prosecutors allege employees Nancy Peeler and Robert Scott “buried” an epidemiologist’s July 28, 2015, report showing a significant year-over-year spike in blood lead levels in Flint children. 
   
   Corrine Miller, the state’s top epidemiologist, later ordered a DHHS employee to delete emails about that July 28 report and prevented action to alert top state health officials and the public, Schuette said. 
   
   A Genesee County judge on Friday authorized charges against Miller, Peeler and Scott for misconduct in office, conspiring to commit misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty related to allegedly concealing or disregarding the test results. 
   
   Special Prosecutor Todd Flood’s investigation also found that on same date, three municipal water regulators at the Department of Environmental Quality altered a water-testing report to exclude some samples to keep overall lead levels under the federal limit. 
   
   Schuette filed charges against DEQ water quality analyst Adam Rosenthal on Friday for allegedly altering the report in coordination with water regulators Stephen Busch and Michael Prysby, who were charged with similar misconduct crimes in April as part of the attorney general’s wide-ranging investigation. 
   
   “These individuals concealed the truth,” Schuette said. “They were criminally wrong to do so.” 
   
   Flood said Friday he’s still exploring whether there was active coordination between the two state agencies last summer to cover-up the lead contamination months before it exploded into an unprecedented public health crisis. 
   
   “You have two agencies manipulating reports on the same day,” Flood said at a news conference announcing the new criminal charges. “In that lock step going to stage left, that seems significant to me. But I’m going to let that play out in our investigation and in the courtroom.” 
   
   In addition to Rosenthal, Schuette on Friday filed criminal charges against DEQ water regulator Patrick Cook and fired municipal water chief Liane Shekter Smith. 
   
   Genesee County District Judge Nathaniel C. Perry III authorized the charges and warrants for the arrests of the six current and former state employees Friday morning. 
   
   Schuette said arrogance and viewing people in Flint as expendable were the motives of the employees criminally charged. 
   
   “Their offenses vary but there is an overall theme and repeated pattern,” Schuette said. “Each of these individuals attempted to bury, or cover up, to downplay or hide information that contradicted their own narrative their story. Their story was there was nothing wrong with Flint water and it was perfectly safe to use.” 
   
   Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said she appreciated the move to hold people accountable. 
   
   “The decision to file more criminal charges today is hopefully another step toward justice for the City of Flint,” she said in a statement. “Still, it's sad to think people hired to make sure standards are met may have known there was a problem with the water in Flint.” 
   
   Charges against DHHS’ Peeler and Scott center around a report epidemiologist Cristin Larder prepared on July 28, 2015, showing elevated blood lead levels compared to the summer of 2014, according Jeff Seipenko, an investigator in Schuette’s office. 
   
   “Instead of releasing the report that indicated a significant problem, (Peeler) buried it and produced a bogus report that she and Robert Scott prepared,” Schuette said Friday. 
   
   Scott and Peeler work in the health department’s childhood lead poisoning prevention program. The attorney general’s investigation found the pair created a “non-scientific” graph illustrating lead levels in Flint children without applying a proper statistical analysis, Seipenko said. 
   
   “Peeler, relying on this unscientific graph, drafted and sent an unfounded email to MDHHS management that inappropriately concluded that the switch in water sources was not the cause of elevated lead levels in Flint children,” Seipenko told Perry in court on Friday. 
   
   Miller, then director of the bureau of epidemiology, allegedly ordered a DHHS employee to “take no action and disregard Larder’s findings,” Seipenko said. 
   
   “This put the children of Flint in the cross hairs of drinking poison,” Schuette said. “They ignored them and ignored the truth about what was happening in the city of Flint.” 
   
   Rosenthal faces charges of misconduct in office, conspiracy to tamper with evidence and or engage in misconduct, tampering with evidence and willful neglect of duty of a public official. He was in charge of monitoring Flint’s water testing reports between April 2014 and October 2015 when the city used corrosive Flint River water. 
   
   “Emails have revealed that defendant Rosenthal and others intentionally manipulated Lead and Copper Rule monitoring reports to conceal the fact that the lead level in the water being consumed by the citizens of Flint exceeded the action level of 15 parts per billion,” Seipenko said. 
   
   “Despite knowing the water distributed by the Flint Water Treatment posed significant health risks to the citizens of Flint, defendant Rosenthal disregarded his public duties and took no affirmative action to protect the public health.” 
   
   Cook, a water treatment engineer, was charged with misconduct in office, conspiracy to engage in misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty for allegedly working with Rosenthal to manipulate a Lead and Copper Rule report on the levels of lead in Flint’s water last summer, Seipenko said. 
   
   Cook was in charge of interpreting the federal Lead and Copper Rule and “misled” the Environmental Protection Agency about how Flint’s water was being treated, Seipenko said. 
   
   DEQ emails released by Gov. Rick Snyder’s office have shown that Cook actively dismissed concerns raised in April 2015 by EPA lead expert Miguel Del Toral about Flint’s lack of corrosion control chemicals that prevent lead from leaching into the water from old pipes. 
   
   “The constant second-guessing of how we interpret and implement our rules is getting tiresome,” Cook said in an April 27, 2015 internal DEQ email. 
   
   Cook proposed silencing Del Toral, who has since been hailed as a whistleblower. 
   
   DEQ and DHHS released a joint statement Friday indicating Peeler, Scott, Cook and Rosenthal have been suspended without pay. Miller retired from DHHS in mid-April of this year, department spokeswoman Jennifer Eisner said. 
   
   Shekter Smith, the former chief of DEQ’s Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, is the only state employee who has been fired for her role in Flint’s water crisis. She faces charges of misconduct in office and willful neglect of duty for allegedly ignoring mounting problems with river water between April 2014 and October 2015. 
   
   Liane Shekter Smith (Photo: Gary Malerba / Special To The Detroit News) 
   
   Before the presence of lead was exposed by Del Toral and Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards, Flint’s water was brownish, foul smelling and hampered by spikes in E. coli bacteria and a carcinogen known as TTHM. 
   
   “Evidence has shown that throughout this time period, defendant Shekter Smith intentionally mislead and took affirmative steps to conceal from her supervisors at the MDEQ and the public the safety and severe health risk associated with using the water,” Seipenko told the judge on Friday. 
   
   In April, Schuette also filed criminal charges against Flint water utility administrator Michael Glasgow for his roles in not requiring Flint’s water to be treated with corrosion-controlling chemicals. 
   
   In May, Glasgow struck a plea deal with Schuette’s office, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty after agreeing to cooperate with state and federal investigators. 
   
   DEQ employees charged 
   
   Liane Shekter-Smith, former chief of drinking water and municipal assistance, of Marshall 
   
   ■ One count of misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
   Adam Rosenthal, DEQ water quality analyst, of East Lansing 
   
   ■ One count misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
   ■ One count tampering with evidence, a four-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of conspiracy/tampering with evidence, a four-year felony 
   
   Patrick Cook, DEQ specialist for community water drinking unit, of DeWitt 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
   ■ One count misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of conspiracy, a five-year felony 
   
   DHHS employees charged 
   
   Nancy Peeler, director, program for maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting, of Midland 
   
   ■ One count misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of conspiracy, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
   Robert Scott, data manager for the healthy homes and lead prevention program, of Haslett 
   
   ■ One count misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of conspiracy, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
   Corinne Miller, former director of the bureau of epidemiology and state epidemiologist, of DeWitt 
   
   ■ One count misconduct in office, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of conspiracy, a five-year felony 
   
   ■ One count of willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor 
   
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target: – A half-dozen state employees in Michigan are officially in hot water in the ongoing investigation in Flint, Michigan, with the state's attorney general filing charges for their part in the tainted water crisis there, the Detroit News reports. According to testimony in Flint district court Friday morning, three workers in the state's health department—Nancy Peeler, Robert Scott, Corinne Miller—and three in the environmental office—water regulators Patrick Cook and Adam Rosenthal and ex-municipal water chief Liane Shekter-Smith—were hit with charges filed by AG Bill Schuette, per the Detroit Free Press. MLive.com reports that all six were charged with misconduct in office, with willful neglect of duty and various conspiracy charges also being assigned. Schuette filed criminal charges in April against two other state employees and a city water utility official. In the Department of Health and Human Services, alleged transgressions include reliance on shoddy data and hiding or ignoring bloodstream test results that indicated the significant presence of lead. Within the Department of Environmental Quality, accusations include workers manipulating water monitoring reports, purposely "misinterpreting" federal drinking-water standards, and trying to mislead the EPA, as well as suggesting ways to keep an EPA expert quiet about concerns. Shekter-Smith, meanwhile, is said to have turned a blind eye as evidence of water contamination became clearer. Meanwhile, per the Wall Street Journal, federal experts say filtered Flint tap water is safe to drink, but Mayor Karen Weaver noted Wednesday at the Democratic convention that the city's crisis is far from over. "Our infrastructure is broken, leaking, and rusting away," she said, per CNN.