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Gov. Snyder (Screenshot from Freep video)
On Tuesday, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette fired a shot toward Gov. Rick Snyder, charging two former emergency managers in the Flint water scandal who were selected by the Republican governor.
There's no indication Snyder could be next, but it's uncomfortably close.
The governor tells Detroit Free Press that he's not worried about getting charged in the scandal that has pretty much spelled the end of his political career when his second term ends in 2018.
"I have no reason to be concerned," he tells Paul Egan during an interview at the Capitol:
Asked why taxpayers are paying $3.5 million for his criminal defense if he has no reason to be concerned, Snyder said that although the contract with Warner Norcross says it is for criminal defense advice, the bulk of the money spent on the contract is for attorneys to find and prepare records requested by Schuette's team and the U.S. Attorney's Office, which is also investigating the lead contamination of Flint's drinking water.
"The bulk of their work is document production — a huge amount of document production," Snyder said.
In a Detroit News interview, Snyder defends ex-managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, charged in the scandal.
“They worked hard in good faith, I believe,” he tells Chad Livengood and Jonathan Oosting.
