The board passed a resolution delegating the authority to approve certain contracts to the governor, but Brewer said the board can't delegate to the governor the authority to bypass the state constitution. Snyder's office has said the governor was not required to notify the State Administrative Board - which approves most significant state contracts - about the legal contract, but it did so in order to be transparent about it. The complaint only relates to Snyder's criminal defense fees, he said. He alleges in his complaint that those allegations amount to misconduct in office, a crime. Snyder's outside legal fees are, so far, expected to top $3.4 million, with $2 million going to Warner Norcross, a Grand Rapids firm providing criminal defense advice and dealing with documents requests and $1.4 million going to Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, a Detroit firm providing civil law defense.Īnna Heaton, a spokeswoman for Snyder, said "due to the amount of legal work required, it was necessary to retain outside counsel to assist lawyers from the Attorney General's Office in responses to lawsuits and large-scale document production," and "since these lawsuits are brought against the office of the governor in an official capacity, it is legally sound to use public dollars to respond to them."īrewer said Snyder bypassed procurement procedures with the $2-million Warner Norcross contract, violated a constitutional provision related to conflicts of interest, and spent taxpayer money without proper authorization. "I find it absolutely unconscionable," that taxpayers are picking up Snyder's criminal defense fees, Webber, who is unable to work and on disability because of a previous spinal injury, told the Free Press. Her 16-year-old daughter was found to have lead lines in her bones in 2015, her 21-year-old daughter contracted Legionnaires' disease that same year, and her husband has lost vision in one eye because of high blood pressure she said has been linked to the lead in the water. Webber said her husband, her two daughters,and her pets have all suffered health effects as a result of the contaminated water. It has been listed on Rocket Homes since Februand is currently priced at 449,000. This 1,104 square foot home, which was built in 1986, sits on a 0.03 acre lot. A second news conference was planned in Flint.īrewer, the former longtime chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party who is now a Southfield attorney, confirmed this morning he will ask a county judge in Lansing for a criminal investigation by a one-judge grand jury of Snyder's authorization of the use of public funds to pay his criminal defense legal fees connected to the fallout from the crisis, which includes criminal investigations at the federal and state levels, as well as a raft of civil lawsuits. This home is located at 1368 Parkway Dr in Rohnert Park, CA and zip code 94928 in the Redwood Park Estates neighborhood. Mark Brewer held a news conferences in Lansing to announce "major legal action" filed Tuesday against Snyder on behalf of Flint resident Keri Webber, arising from the lead contamination of that city's drinking water.
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