By Ben Solis
Gongwer News Service
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday said that her office will have its report on the Flint water prosecution at the end of this year.
Nessel was asked about the post-mortem report on the Department of Attorney General's failed prosecution of Governor Rick Snyder and several former members of the Snyder administration and their alleged misconduct in the handling of the crisis.
The Michigan Supreme Court scuttled the charges against Snyder and others in 2023, after noting prosecutorial missteps in the case, chief among them being the use of a one-judge grand jury to bring indictments.
When the department finally ended the prosecution in October 2023, it noted that the Flint Water Criminal Prosecution team – led by former Deputy Attorney General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy – would release a report in months ahead detailing their efforts and decisions in the case.
Nearly five months since the formal closing of the Flint water crisis prosecution, a report has not yet been issued.
Nessel held a news conference on Wednesday to discuss a new extradition arrangement with the U.S. Marshals Service for fugitive sexual assault cases, but was asked about the report during time for questions with reporters.
Nessel said her goal was to have it out by the end this year.
She added that one of the things they've been working on in the report, as well as in a separate report on Michigan State University's handling of the Larry Nassar scandal, is making all of the information public so journalists and residents won't have to file Freedom of Information Act requests with the office.
Nessel said that would make the information not only accessible but affordable for news organizations that would otherwise have to issue FOIA requests for that information.
Gongwer News Service issued several FOIA requests regarding the decisions made by the Flint Water Prosecutorial Team beginning in 2023 and throughout 2024, giving a small – but incomplete – view of those decisions (See Gongwer Michigan Blog, August 1, 2024, https://www.gongwer.com/blog/156201/A-Concerning-Move-From-AG's-Office-On-FOIA-Appeals).
"We're trying to fashion it so that there's a way that we can put it online so that literally anybody can look at any of them," Nessel said. "So, really, that's our goal. It is just very time consuming to do that, but that is what we're trying to do."
Gongwer News Service
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Wednesday said that her office will have its report on the Flint water prosecution at the end of this year.
Nessel was asked about the post-mortem report on the Department of Attorney General's failed prosecution of Governor Rick Snyder and several former members of the Snyder administration and their alleged misconduct in the handling of the crisis.
The Michigan Supreme Court scuttled the charges against Snyder and others in 2023, after noting prosecutorial missteps in the case, chief among them being the use of a one-judge grand jury to bring indictments.
When the department finally ended the prosecution in October 2023, it noted that the Flint Water Criminal Prosecution team – led by former Deputy Attorney General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy – would release a report in months ahead detailing their efforts and decisions in the case.
Nearly five months since the formal closing of the Flint water crisis prosecution, a report has not yet been issued.
Nessel held a news conference on Wednesday to discuss a new extradition arrangement with the U.S. Marshals Service for fugitive sexual assault cases, but was asked about the report during time for questions with reporters.
Nessel said her goal was to have it out by the end this year.
She added that one of the things they've been working on in the report, as well as in a separate report on Michigan State University's handling of the Larry Nassar scandal, is making all of the information public so journalists and residents won't have to file Freedom of Information Act requests with the office.
Nessel said that would make the information not only accessible but affordable for news organizations that would otherwise have to issue FOIA requests for that information.
Gongwer News Service issued several FOIA requests regarding the decisions made by the Flint Water Prosecutorial Team beginning in 2023 and throughout 2024, giving a small – but incomplete – view of those decisions (See Gongwer Michigan Blog, August 1, 2024, https://www.gongwer.com/blog/156201/A-Concerning-Move-From-AG's-Office-On-FOIA-Appeals).
"We're trying to fashion it so that there's a way that we can put it online so that literally anybody can look at any of them," Nessel said. "So, really, that's our goal. It is just very time consuming to do that, but that is what we're trying to do."
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