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Then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 23, 2018. The Michigan attorney general's office said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, that the state prosecution of former Gov. Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Prosecutors: Supreme Court decision closes door on criminal prosecutions in Flint water scandal

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In this March 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch effort to revive criminal charges against seven people in the Flint water scandal. The court on Wednesday, Sept. 20 2023, waved away an appeal by prosecutors who have tried to get around an earlier decision that gutted the cases. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan’s top court won’t revive Flint water charges against 7 key figures

By Ed White - Associated Press

The Flint water plant tower is pictured on Jan. 6, 2022, in Flint, Mich. A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Flint water crisis charges dismissed against ex-Gov. Snyder

By Ed White - Associated Press

Snyder aide seeks hearing to see Flint water evidence

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Judge hears arguments over whether to spike Snyder charges

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, then, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. A pretrial hearing is scheduled Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, for Snyder, who is accused of two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty in connection with the lead contamination of drinking water in Flint, Mich., and a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Judge needs more time for thorny issues in Flint water case

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, vehicles drive through downtown Flint, Mich. A judge granted preliminary approval Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to a $641 million deal that would benefit Flint residents who were harmed by lead-contaminated water. The settlement includes $600 million from the state of Michigan, although Flint, an area hospital and an engineering firm are also part of the agreement. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya File)

Flint water defendants oppose 4-month delay in proceedings

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Snyder team: Flint water case could be doomed over records

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

The Flint Water Plant tower is shown in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Some Flint residents impacted by months of lead-tainted water are looking past expected charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in his administration to healing physical and emotional damages left by the crisis. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Flint water charges escalate debate over officials’ failures

By JOHN FLESHER and TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks with reporters during a news conference at his office in Lansing, Mich. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty in the Flint water crisis. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Flint water probe brings charges against ex-governor, others

By DAVID EGGERT and ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Nick Lyon, former director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2014-15, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Flint families welcome water crisis charges, seek healing

By KAT STAFFORD and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 21, 2016, file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, Nick Lyon, former director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and other ex-officials have been told they're being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal, which devastated the majority Black city with lead-contaminated water and was blamed for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2014-15, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan plans to charge ex-Gov. Snyder in Flint water probe

By ED WHITE and DAVID EGGERT and TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

Ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder is latest Republican to back Biden

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Snyder says he has turned down a fellowship at Harvard University following social media backlash over his administration's role in the Flint water crisis. He tweeted Wednesday, July 3, 2019, that being a senior research fellow would have been too 'disruptive' because of 'our current political environment and its lack of civility.' (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File) **FILE**

Snyder withdraws from Harvard fellowship amid Flint backlash

By David Eggert - Associated Press

Correction: Snyder-Harvard story

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday, June 13, 2019, against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. The defendants include Michigan's former health director, Nick Lyon, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He was accused of failing to timely alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that occurred in 2014-15 when Flint was drawing improperly treated water from the Flint River. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Flint water decision shows legal complexities of disaster

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, the Flint Water Plant water tower is seen in Flint, Mich. Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday, June 13, 2019, against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. The defendants include Michigan's former health director, Nick Lyon, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter. He was accused of failing to timely alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that occurred in 2014-15 when Flint was drawing improperly treated water from the Flint River. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Key moments in Flint, Michigan’s lead-tainted water crisis

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE--In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, file photo, Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud speaks during a press conference at the Frank Kelley Law Library in the Williams Building in Lansing, Mich. Authorities investigating Flint's water crisis have seized from storage the state-owned mobile devices of Snyder and 65 other current or former officials. Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy confirmed they executed a series of search warrants related to the criminal investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water and a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Where things stand in the Flint water crisis investigation

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Judge puts former Gov. Snyder back in Flint water litigation

Associated Press

In this Jan. 23, 2018, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. In his final days in office, Snyder erased the felony drunken-driving conviction of Jim Jagger who pleaded for a pardon so he could seek a lucrative promotion as the next president of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan governor on way out pardoned ‘career drunk driver’

By ED WHITE - Associated Press