Michigan governor’s private lawyers withholding Flint crisis docs – attorney general

‘Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s private attorneys withheld documents related to the Flint water crisis from state lawyers investigating the matter, the state’s attorney general said.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told reporters Tuesday that his investigators are being stonewalled by Snyder’s private attorneys, who are set to receive more than $1.2 million in taxpayer funds for providing the governor with legal counsel.
“The attorneys with the Department of Attorney General are handling themselves in an exceedingly exceptional fashion,” Schuette said at a round table, according to the Detroit News. “But it’s the governor’s private attorneys who were not providing sufficient information.”‘
Read more: Michigan governor’s private lawyers withholding Flint crisis docs – attorney general