UP NEXT: Michigan Attorney General @dananessel and her Flint water investigation team led by Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy are holding a press conference on today's charges against ex-Gov. Rick Snyder and his former top aides.
https://twitter.com/ChadLivengood/status/1349743731856056321
Nessel's press conference can be viewed live here:
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says the Flint water probe is one the largest criminal investigations "in the WORLD."
Judge David Newblatt served as the one-man grand jury (known as a grand juror since he's a jurist).
Judge David Newblatt served as the one-man grand jury (known as a grand juror since he's a jurist).
Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud calls Flint's lead-tainted water crisis and subsequent legionella bacteria outbreak a "categorical failure of public officials at all levels of government who trampled upon their trust and evaded accountability for far too long." 
"There are no velvet ropes in our criminal justice system. Nobody, no matter how powerful or well connected, is above accountability when they commit a crime," Hammoud said.
Hammoud is laying out the charges of nine counts of manslaughter plus other felony charges against ex-MDHHS Director Nick Lyon and Dr. Eden Wells, the state's former chief medical executive, for the Legionnaires' outbreak.
Hammoud is not divulging any evidence against the Flint water defendants, citing state laws governing secret and rare grand juries.
Baird's extortion charge is for allegedly "threatening a state-appointed research team during their investigation into the source of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Genesee County," Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud said.
https://twitter.com/ChadLivengood/status/1349747583154073601
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