Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty stemming from the water scandal in the city of Flint, online court records show.
The 2014 water scandal highlighted ongoing, dangerous exposure of children and others in the city of nearly 100,000 to lead in drinking water, and the failures of officials on all levels to adequately protect local families at the time. At the time, city residents were exposed to high lead levels after officials switched to a new water source without sufficiently treating it first.
