Michigan GOPer Investigating Flint Water Crisis Also Defending State Against Flint Lawsuit

WASHINGTON -- Last September, a Flint lawmaker asked Bill Schuette, Michigan's attorney general, to investigate whether government officials were to blame for exposing the city's citizens to dangerously high levels of lead in their drinking water. Schuette -- a Republican widely believed to have ambitions of running for governor in 2018 -- refused.

"Given the multiple reviews by federal and state agencies, and the pending and potential federal court actions, we do not believe it necessary to conduct an additional investigation," a Schuette staffer wrote on Dec. 22, almost three months after state Rep. Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) sent his request.

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