Revealed: the Flint water poisoning charges that never came to light

The former criminal prosecution team investigating the Flint water crisis was building a racketeering case against state officials. Then the team was dismantled

A team of prosecutors and investigators leading the investigation into the Flint water crisis from 2016 through 2018 were assembling a racketeering case against the architects of a bond deal that residents and experts say sparked the health disaster, sources familiar with the criminal investigation have told the Guardian.

The case - which would have come under the Rico (racketeer-influenced and corrupt organizations) laws often used to charge organized crime groups - was widespread and set to implicate additional state officials who played a role in the poisoning of Flint, according to these sources.