By Ron Fonger
Flint - Former Gov. Rick Snyder (click here) and other government officials involved in the Flint water crisis cannot be held in contempt of court for invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled.
In an opinion published Tuesday, Nov. 8, the appeals court ruled that Snyder and four other officials -- Richard Baird, former senior advisor to Snyder; former Flint emergency managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley; and former Flint Department of Public Works Director Howard Croft -- did not waive their privilege against self-incrimination at a civil trial by testifying at an earlier deposition in the same case....
Flint - Former Gov. Rick Snyder (click here) and other government officials involved in the Flint water crisis cannot be held in contempt of court for invoking their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled.
In an opinion published Tuesday, Nov. 8, the appeals court ruled that Snyder and four other officials -- Richard Baird, former senior advisor to Snyder; former Flint emergency managers Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley; and former Flint Department of Public Works Director Howard Croft -- did not waive their privilege against self-incrimination at a civil trial by testifying at an earlier deposition in the same case....
