Flint water crisis: ex-governor and eight others charged after new inquiry

Members of Rick Snyder's administration charged with manslaughter after contaminated water led to deadly disaster

Nine people have been charged following a new investigation of the Flint water disaster, including the former Michigan governor Rick Snyder and key members of his administration, nearly seven years after the deadly crisis that contaminated an entire community.

Snyder and others have been accused of various crimes in a calamitous plan that released lead into the water and contributed to a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, authorities said Thursday.