LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s attorney general will announce criminal charges Wednesday against two state regulators and a Flint employee, alleging wrongdoing related to the city’s lead-tainted water crisis, according to government officials familiar with the investigation.
The charges – the first levied in a probe expected to continue – will be filed against a pair of state Department of Environmental Quality officials and a local water treatment plant supervisor, two officials told The Associated Press late Tuesday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
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One official says the charges include violating Michigan’s drinking water law, official misconduct, destruction of utility property and evidence tampering.
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A spokesman for Attorney General Bill Schuette declined comment.
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