5 Charged with Felony Manslaughter in Flint Water Crisis

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today filed new, more serious charges in the Flint Water Crisis investigation, but also said the case is shifting to a new phase.

"We will turn to the prosecution of this investigation," Schuette said at a news conference in Flint this morning. "We are confident that the charges that we have filed will be upheld in the courts."

Schuette's statement came after he announced involuntary manslaughter charges against Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health, as well as Darnell Earley, Flint's former emergency manager; Howard Croft, the city's former director of public works; Liane Shekter-Smith, the state's former top drinking water official and water supervisor Stephen Busch of the Department of Environmental Quality.

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