Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Hires Two Lawyers, Including Prominent Criminal Defense Attorney, Due To..

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Hires Two Lawyers, Including Prominent Criminal Defense Attorney, Due To Flint Water Crisis

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has hired two outside lawyers at state expense to assist with civil representation and to search and process emails and other records connected to Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis, his office said Thursday.

The two lawyers have each been awarded a contract worth $249,000 through Dec. 31, Snyder spokesman Ari Adler confirmed. That’s just below the $250,000 threshold that would require approval from a state board that meets in public, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Adler said the amount was intentional so Snyder could hire the attorneys quickly in early February. The contracts were first reported Wednesday by Crain’s Detroit Business.

Progress Michigan, a liberal organization critical of the Republican governor, said Snyder should pay for the lawyers himself. “It’s plain to see he’s more interested in protecting himself than the people of Flint,” said Lonnie Scott the group’s executive director.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gov-snyder-hires-criminal-lawyer-due-flint-water-crisis-article-1.2552276

[silvershadow]

1. With public money, I might add. nt

[PatrickforO]

2. I keep waiting for the USDOJ to arrest this asshole and put him on trial for criminal charges.

I've written Obama about it.



Guess I'll keep waiting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. +1. Thank you for writing and sending your letter. . . nt

[rockfordfile]

3. At this point just get the hell out of office.

[UCmeNdc]

4. This guy is costing the MI tax payers a lot of money.

[safeinOhio]

5. The most corrupt state and soon to be

the most broke. State Repubs came up with a road bill they didn't fund. It doesn't kick in until 2020 when they will all be term limited out. Now it may $1.5 billion to fix the lead issue and that does not cover the cost of long term health.

Perhaps the Feds can take over Michigan government and impose laws like Ricky did to Flint and Detroit.

[Gothmog]

7. Lawyering up is not a good sign

[Botany]

8. He poisons the people and then makes them pay for his lawyers when he ....

.... is now looking at criminal charges for the poisoning.

I'll never believe that Synder along w/Walker, Brownback, and
some others won their elections honestly.