EX-GOVERNOR CHARGED IN FLINT WATER CRISIS

Michigan’s former governor, former health director and seven others were charged on Thursday with crimes stemming from lead contamination of the city of Flint’s water supply as prosecutors detailed the findings of a years-long investigation.

Nick Lyon, former director of the Michigan department of Health and Human Services, pictured, and Eden Wells, who was the state’s chief medical executive, were each charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of nine people who caught Legionnaires’ disease.

Former governor rick Snyder was charged with two misdemeanour counts of wilful neglect of duty for his role in a debacle that afflicted the predominantly African-american city and became emblematic of racial inequality in the u.s.

Lyon, Wells and Snyder have indicated they plan to fight the charges. They were among the nine defendants arraigned on Thursday on a total of 42 criminal counts.