Ex-governor's phone seized in Flint water probe

[deminks]

Source: Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating Flint’s water crisis have used search warrants to seize from storage the state-owned mobile devices of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 65 other current or former officials, The Associated Press has learned.

The warrants were sought two weeks ago by the attorney general’s office and signed by a Flint judge, according to documents the AP obtained through public-records requests.

Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who is helping with the probe, confirmed they executed a series of search warrants related to the criminal investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water in 2014-15 and an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. They declined further comment.

One warrant, signed May 19, lists all content from Snyder’s cellphone, iPad and computer hard drive. Similar information was sought from the devices of 33 employees who worked in his office, 11 in the Department of Environmental Quality and 22 in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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[llmart]

1. Hope they find something on Snyder's phone. We all know he was just another hateful (R).

So glad we now have Gretchen Whitmer!

[not fooled]

2. About time

but prolly by now he's been able to hide or destroy the evidence, like many GOPee criminals.

[lagomorph777]

17. He thinks he has.

He may not understand much about forensics.

[maddogesq]

3. As someone who has lived in Michigan...

for 52 of my 60 years, I never thought there could be a gubna worse than Engle...then came Tricky Ricky.

The good news is Prosecutor Kym Worthy is on the case. She kicks ass and takes names.

[ancianita]

4. This could be the end of Snyder and, hopefully, Republican government in Michigan.

[Tiggeroshii]

5. Next step prison?

Hopefully.

[Leith]

6. The wheels of justice move too slowly

when it comes to rethugs. The subpoenas are 3 years too late.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Had to get rid of his protection detail first...

Elections have consequences. Let's hope that one of the consequences of this is some real justice for folks in Flint, and for Snyder & Co.

[ZeroSomeBrains]

7. Put Prick Snyder in Prison

He ruined so many lives with the flint water fiasco not to mention taking the right to vote in local elections away from the people of Detroit. I hope he rots in prison.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. .

[still_one]

9. Is Michael Moore still blaming President Obama for this?

[JonLP24]

13. The film blamed Rick Snyder the most

There were Flint residents (who many didn't vote in 2016) that didn't like his glass of water stunt and felt he could have done more at the federal level since the state government was failing them and also doing field training excersizes in abandoned buildings in Flint weren't helpful.

Still the filmed ripped Rick Snyder more than anybody else.

[LanternWaste]

18. Clever little derail.

[JonLP24]

11. K&R

Don't let them get away with it.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. 65 officials. Now that ought to be interesting.

[PatrickforO]

14. The troubling thing to me about MI is that the state really hasn't

had functioning democracy for some time.

Any time a governor can declare a city to be financially insolvent and remove all the elected officials and replace them with appointees - well, that's a despicable, and definitely un-democratic policy.

[pecosbob]

15. Snyder along with his ilk and the Kochs intentionally drove much of the midwest into insolvency

rip them out root and stem like crabgrass

[UpInArms]

16. This 👆🏼

Thank you for putting it so succinctly

[DeminPennswoods]

19. If these were govt issued phones, it would not

surprise me if they've been cleaned so they are ready for re-issue unless the agency that owns the phones was told to hold them in the same condition in which they were returned.

[ooky]

20. Good.