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LIVE AT 10:30: New criminal charges expected in Flint water crisis

Posted at 5:12 AM, Dec 20, 2016
and last updated 2021-01-14 15:59:16-05

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will announce new criminal charges in connection to the Flint water crisis.

Special Counsel Todd Flood. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton and the Flint Water Investigative Team will be present during the news conference, which is set for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.

Watch the press conference live at 10:30 a.m. here

In August, six state current and former employees were charged in connection to the Flint water crisis. All of those defendants worked or did work for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

This will be the third round of charges filed in relation to Flint. So far, there are nine current and former state officials facing charges.