Former Michigan governor takes the Fifth on the witness stand
Source: Michigan Radio
Former Governor Rick Snyder invoked his Fifth Amendment right several times during a federal court hearing Thursday in Ann Arbor.
Snyder spent less than five minutes on the witness stand in a civil trial related to the Flint water crisis.
The trial involves damage claims on behalf of four Flint children who are suing two engineering firms hired as consultants on the citys water system. Its referred to as a bellwether trial, since it may serve as a guide for future lawsuits related to the Flint water crisis.
Defense attorneys wanted to ask a variety of questions of former Governor Snyder about his role during the Flint water crisis. But on the witness stand, Snyder would only say based on the advice of counsel, I would exercise my Fifth Amendment right.
Read more: https://www.michiganradio.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2022-06-30/former-michigan-governor-takes-the-fifth-on-the-witness-stand
Firestorm49
(4,038 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,863 posts)Poisoning children.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)His voters probably approve the poisoning of POC.
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,729 posts)"If you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth?"
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catbyte
(34,507 posts)I thought he was the worst we were going to do until Rick "The Dictator" Snyder came along. It was akin to how I once thought that Bush/Cheney were the worst the country could do. Then 2016 happened. How naive of me.
catbyte
(34,507 posts)Apologies to actual furry, four-legged weasels.
riversedge
(70,407 posts)llmart
(15,564 posts)So many Michiganders fell for his "I'm just a geeky sort of guy. One touch nerd." Or whatever his stupid meme was that got him elected. Even a fairly staunch liberal Democrat that I worked with voted for him. I remember looking at him and saying, "Are you kidding me? You voted for Snyder?"
MichMan
(12,001 posts)Sometimes trying to influence the other party's primarily can have unintended consequences
Mickju
(1,807 posts)mountain grammy
(26,663 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Leith
(7,814 posts)and the monster has no remorse.
weissmam
(905 posts)COWARD