Snyder appointee contradicts him on Legionnaires' outbreak
Source: Associated Press
Updated 5:35 pm, Friday, October 6, 2017
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan official testified Friday that he told Gov. Rick Snyder about a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the Flint area late in 2015, contradicting the governor who has repeatedly insisted that he didn't learn about it until some weeks later in 2016.
Harvey Hollins, who was coordinating the state's response to the Flint water crisis, said he asked Snyder by phone in December 2015 if he was aware of the outbreak, which some experts have linked to the city's poor water quality.
"He was not aware of that," said Hollins, a Snyder appointee.
The governor, however, told Congress and the public that he was in the dark until Nick Lyon, his state health director, informed him in January 2016. He held a news conference and announced the outbreak.
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